Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2001, 8:48 PM EST for Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 72 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2001, 8:48 PM EST (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2001, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 72 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, IN, Wayne County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Centerville, IN | A few trees downed |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 8:10 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 8:10 PM EST, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 910 PM EDT TUE JUN 19 2001 WILL HOLD OUT UNTIL 10 PM TO SEND UPDATE WITH EXPIRATION OF WW453. EXPECT POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...BUT CURRENT STORMS AND INTERACTING BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER COULD STILL PRODUCE SOME DAMAGING WINDS AND ESPECIALLY LARGE HAIL AS WBZERO HAS DECREASED BY 2KFT TO AROUND 8000FT. DONT EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE WITH SUCH FORCE OVERNIGHT...BUT COVERAGE OVER INDIANA HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND WILL HAVE TO PUT AT LEAST THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER IN WRN 1/2 OF FCST AREA. WILL NOT CHANGE TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AS UPPER 60S LOOK GOOD ACROSS THE BOARD. EVEN IN RAIN COOLED AIR BEHIND FRONT...TEMPERATURES DROP AND THEN COME BACK UP TO THE LOW 70S. HOWEVER...WILL MENTION WIND SHIFTING TO NORTH OR BECOMING VARIABLE FOR MOST AREAS. .ILN... OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR DARKE MERCER SHELBY AUGLAIZE AND HARDIN COUNTIES. IN...WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST (10 PM EDT) FOR WAYNE COUNTY. KY...NONE. FRANKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.