Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2001, 4:52 PM EST for Clay County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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
- May 16, 2001, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2001, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Clay County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:22 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Brazil, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 162152 SVRIND INC021-162230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 452 PM EST WED MAY 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 530 PM EST * AT 449 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CARBON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CARBON AT 500 PM EST BRAZIL AT 525 PM EST STAUNTON AT 530 PM EST IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES...GO INSIDE A STURDY 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 3961 8704 3960 8723 3934 8727 3935 8702
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 16, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 2:20 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EST WED MAY 16 2001 FCST CHALLENGE WL BE TRW CHCS THROUGH THE PD AS CD FNT SETTLES INTO CWA OVRNGT AND MEANDERS BACK AND FORTH INTO FRI. SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW REMAINING MCS OVER STATE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN. ILLINOIS AIR STILL QUITE UNSTABLE AHEAD OF CDFNT. CU HAVE BEEN DVLPG ECNTRL IL AND ANOTHER BAND ACRS SRN IL...BOTH WHICH SHOULD GROW TO SCT TSHRA AND PERHAPS MORE AS ETA SUGGESTS. WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOME PART OF CWA INTO FRI AND SEVERAL SHORT WAVES TO HELP FAVOR CONVECTION...NEXT FEW DAYS ARE BEST SHOT IN AWHILE FOR PCPN OVER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DRY FOR SO LONG. PROBLEM IS TIMING OF EACH PCPN WAVE. WILL BE VERY GENERIC AT THIS POINT FOR TIMING BUT GO FOR HIGHER POPS THAN PREVIOUS FCSTS. HAVE LEANED TO COOLER AVN TEMPS AS EXPECTING CLOUDIER PCPN PERIODS THAN FWC SUGGESTS. ALSO HAVE LEANED HIGHER INTO POPS. .IND...NONE. TUCEK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 12:23 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
INZ021-161810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1223 PM EST WED MAY 16 2001 AT 1220 PM A STRONGER THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTHWEST OF CARROLL COUNTY...JUST WEST OF MONTICELLO. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS ACROSS DELPHI BURROWS AND ROCKFIELD BY 1235 PM. THE STORMS WILL THEN REACH THE BURLINGTON... CULTER AND LEXINGTON AREAS AROUND 100 PM. HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH ALL STORMS. SMALL HAIL TO MARBLE SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. PEOPLE SHOULD STAY ALERT TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED. PUMA
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:07 PM EST, 45 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 407 PM EST WED MAY 16 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN INDIANA CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA... AT 400 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN CATARACT LAKE AND TURKEY RUN STATE PARK. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE AND MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS EATON. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. TUCEK
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:19 PM EST, 33 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR RACCOON LAKE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 419 PM EST WED MAY 16 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 235 FOR EASTERN INDIANA CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 236 CONTINUES TIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL INDIANA... AT 400 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN RACCOON LAKE AND TURKEY RUN STATE PARK. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE AND MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS EATON. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. TUCEK
Local storm report, May 16, 4:41 PM EST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
441 PM EST WED MAY 16 2001
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 PM BELLMORE IN 1 INCH HAIL
05/16/01 PARKE REPORTED BY BELLMORE
FIRE CHIEF.Special weather statement, May 16, 4:45 PM EST, 7 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-162215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST WED MAY 16 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 235 FOR EASTERN INDIANA CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 236 CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM... AT 440 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR MANSFIELD AND MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS CARBON. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE AROUND SHADES STATE PARK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD RUSSELLVILLE. SHOWERS WERE ALSO WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRNAL INDIANA NEAR BLOOMINGTON...LEBANON AND MUNCIE. TUCEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 50 min |
| May 16, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 26 min |
| May 16, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 24 min |
| May 16, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 34 min |
| May 16, 5:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 44 min |
| May 16, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 35 min |
| May 16, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 42 min |
| May 16, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 34 min |
| May 16, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 32 min |
| May 16, 6:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 52 min |
| May 16, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| May 16, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 28 min |
| May 16, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vigo | 37 min |
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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.