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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 16, 2001Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2001, 5:40 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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, 5:40 PM EST (22:40 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2001, 6:15 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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
May 16, 6:12 PM ESTHail 1Rockville, 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
May 16, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2001-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 479 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 2001-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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 162240
SVRIND
INC121-162315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 535 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BLOOMINGDALE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MARSHALL AT 545 PM EST
  ROCKVILLE AT 555 PM EST
  JUDSON AT 610 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 3995 8716 3981 8738 3961 8738 3966 8703

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 2:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke50 min
May 16, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke26 min
May 16, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke24 min
May 16, 4:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay38 min
May 16, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton34 min
May 16, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay33 min
May 16, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe44 min
May 16, 6:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo42 min
May 16, 6:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke34 min
May 16, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe32 min
May 16, 6:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward52 min
May 16, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Tippecanoe45 min
May 16, 6:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay28 min
May 16, 6:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vigo37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.