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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 10, 2001Daviess County, Greene County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2001, 10:09 AM EST for Daviess County, Greene County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 10, 2001, 10:09 AM EST (15:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2001, 10:45 AM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 10, 10:32 AM ESTHail 1.25Elnora, 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2001-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2001-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -134 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-156 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.

000 
WUUS53 KIND 101510
SVRIND
INC027-055-083-101545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1009 AM EST TUE APR 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 1006 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BICKNELL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDWARDSPORT AT 1015 AM EST
  PLAINVILLE AT 1020 AM EST
  SANDBORN AT 1030 AM EST
  ELNORA AT 1035 AM 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.

HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND 
MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

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 3879 8745 3867 8728 3878 8695 3910 8701

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph51 min
Apr 9, 7:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware46 min
Apr 9, 8:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph26 min
Apr 9, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll25 min
Apr 10, 12:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton35 min
Apr 10, 12:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe48 min
Apr 10, 12:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward42 min
Apr 10, 1:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton45 min
Apr 10, 1:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton19 min
Apr 10, 1:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison45 min
Apr 10, 9:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox, Sullivan62 min
Apr 10, 10:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Martin36 min
Apr 10, 10:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence27 min
Apr 10, 11:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence33 min
Apr 10, 11:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson32 min
Apr 10, 3:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan33 min
Apr 10, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene41 min
Apr 10, 5:26 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence19 min
Apr 10, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.