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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 2001Clay County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2001, 5:27 PM EST for Clay County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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, 5:27 PM EST (22:27 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2001, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 33 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 5:50 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 162228
SVRIND

INC021-162300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
527 PM EST WED MAY 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 525 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BRAZIL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF TERRE
  HAUTE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STAUNTON AT 540 PM EST
  CENTER POINT AT 600 PM EST

HAIL UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN 
BRAZIL AT 522 PM EST. 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 INDIANAPOL'IS.

LAT...LON 3960 8703 3959 8721 3928 8726 3927 8707

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, 4:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay	38 min
May 16, 5:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton	34 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2001 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.