Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Oct 24, 2001, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)

Expired

Oct 24, 2001, 3:45 PM EST

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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SVRIND
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
322 PM EST WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 345 PM EST

* AT 317 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER STILESVILLE...OR ABOUT 29 MILES NORTH OF
  BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AMO AT 335 PM EST
  CLAYTON AT 340 PM EST
  DANVILLE AT 345 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 3966 8670 3947 8656 3980 8611 3993 8632

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 24, 2:40 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
240 PM EST WED OCT 24 2001

WITH INCOMING SQUALL INLINE AND VARIOUS EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS...AND
MODELS CLOSE...DIDNT SPEED TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO WORK ON GUIDANCE.

AS IWX POINTED OUT...MAIN CONCERN...EXCEPT FOR THE SQUALL
LINE...THREAT OF HIGH WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ALL MODELS
HAVE GRADIENT MORE RELAXED FOR OUR AREA THAN FARTHER NORTH. SINCE
CORE OF SYSTEM ALOFT ALSO PASSING WELL TO NORTH DONT SEE NEED FOR
ADVISORY IN THIS AREA.

.IND...NONE.
KWIATKOWSKI

In the hours before

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SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1140 AM EST WED OCT 24 2001

...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER SAYS THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF
SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO ENTER CENTRAL INDIANA FROM THE WEST IN
MID AFTERNOON...AND SPREAD TO THE OHIO BORDER IN A FEW HOURS. SOME
OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORNADOES. MANY OF THEM COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

KWIATKOWSKI

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.