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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 24, 2001Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 4:49 PM EST for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 24, 2001, 4:49 PM EST (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2001, 5:15 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 24, 5:03 PM ESTHail 0.75Pittsboro, IN

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 24, 11:45 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2001-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1102 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 2001-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

783 
WUUS53 KIND 242149
SVRIND
INC105-242215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 445 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLETTSVILLE...OR ABOUT
  19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLETTSVILLE AT 500 PM EST

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

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 3934 8672 3900 8670 3902 8639 3932 8639

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 2:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren52 min
Oct 24, 2:41 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWarren49 min
Oct 24, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen, Putnam31 min
Oct 24, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke36 min
Oct 24, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe36 min
Oct 24, 3:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan23 min
Oct 24, 3:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen29 min
Oct 24, 3:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton29 min
Oct 24, 3:46 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan, Owen, Putnam29 min
Oct 24, 3:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion23 min
Oct 24, 3:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry34 min
Oct 24, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton31 min
Oct 24, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward31 min
Oct 24, 4:24 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan36 min
Oct 24, 4:37 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Marion23 min
Oct 24, 4:40 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison35 min
Oct 24, 4:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock, Shelby24 min
Oct 24, 5:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry24 min
Oct 24, 5:06 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Monroe24 min
Oct 24, 5:13 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock, Marion, Shelby32 min
Oct 24, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry29 min
Oct 24, 5:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings34 min
Oct 24, 6:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph28 min

Nearby

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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.