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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 13, 2001Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2001, 5:06 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2001, 5:06 PM EST (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2001, 5:30 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2001-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 808 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2001-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

534 
WUUS53 KIND 132207
SVRIND
INC027-101-132230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
506 PM EST MON AUG 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 502 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF JASPER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALFORDSVILLE AT 525 PM EST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

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 3876 8711 3862 8725 3834 8682 3853 8665

KOCH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 5:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur28 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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.