Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Jul 23, 2001, 6:58 PM EST (23:58 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 2001, 8:00 PM EST

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Warren County, IN

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS53 KIND 232358
SVRIND

INC171-240100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
658 PM EST MON JUL 23 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE VILLAGE...OR ABOUT
  26 MILES EAST OF PAXTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE VILLAGE AT 710 PM EST

INTENSE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 4048 8753 4027 8753 4021 8746 4046 8712

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 2:50 PM EST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
250 PM EST MON JUL 23 2001

FCST PRBLM THIS PACKAGE WL BE PROB OF TSRA...HEAT ADVISORY POTENTIAL
AND IF AND WHEN LESS HUMID AIR WL MOV INTO CWA.

CURRENT SFC CHART SHOWS A SFC FNT FM WRN OK THRU LK SUPERIOR.
SATELLITE...LIGHTNING AND RADAR LOOPS INDICATED A LN OF TSRA DVLPG
ALONG FNT OVR WRN IL THIS AFT. H2O VAPOR LOOPS INDICATE A S/W OVR
IA...ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE DVLPG TSRA.

MDLS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN SYNOPTIC SCALE. AT FINER SCALES
THERE ARE SOME DISAGREEMENTS. WL TREND TO ETA FOR FINER SCALE SOLNS
AS IT SEEMS TO INITIALIZE A BIT BETTER. AVN SEEMS A BIT FAST WITH
PUSHING COOLER AIRMASS IN...SO WL TEND TO ETA/NGM (SLOWER) SOLNS FOR
SFC FNTL AND THICKNESS FIELD SOLNS.

IN BIG PICTURE...UPR RIDGE OVR SRN PLAINS IS PROGGED TO SLOWLY
RETROGRADE THRU THE PD. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES SWWD THE CURRENT ZNL
FLO OVR CWA WL BECOME NWRLY ALLOWING FOR THE PUSH OF COOLER AND
DRIER AIR. IN THE MEANTIME...INSTABILITY (LI'S TO -8 AND LARGE
CAPES)...WK OUTFLO BOUNDARIES (FM LEFT OVER CONVECTION) AND NUMEROUS
S/WS WL CONT TO ALLOW SCT TSRA THRU WEDNESDAY.

70 TO 80 DEGREE DEW PNTS WL CONT OVR THE CWA TONIGHT THRU WEDNESDAY.
COOL FNT PROGGED THRU MUCH OF CWA BY WED NITE. HEAT INDICIES
APPROACHING 105 FOR AN HOUR IN THE CWA ON TUE AND WED AS
RESULT...BUT DO NOT MEET 105 CRITERIA FOR 3 HRS TO ISSUE ADVSY...SO
WL LEAVE OUT OF ZNS FOR NOW. CONSIDERING STATEMENT TO HIGHLIGHT.

AS FOR TSRA...EXPECT THE LN OF CONVECTION OVR WRN IL TO MOV EWD INTO
THE CWA OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED TSRA PSBL BEFORE DARK TOO...BUT NOTHING
ORGANIZED IN THE CWA THIS EVENING. WL LV CHC POPS THRU WED DUE TO
ABV MNTND REASONING.

MOS POPS AND GUID IN BALL PARK AND ACCEPTABLE.

.IND...NONE.
EDDY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.