Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2001, 4:05 PM EST for Carroll County, Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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 26, 2001, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2001, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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 26, 4:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Lafayette, IN | |
| May 26, 4:29 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Delphi, IN | |
| May 26, 4:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Frankfort, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 262106 SVRIND INC015-023-157-262130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 405 PM EST SAT MAY 26 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA EASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE * UNTIL 430 PM EST * AT 403 PM EST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF YEOMAN TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF DAYTON...OR FROM 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RENSSELAER TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CLARKS HILL AT 415 PM EST DELPHI AT 420 PM EST ROSSVILLE AT 430 PM EST JUST BEFORE 400 PM A GUST OF MORE THAN 60 MPH OCCURRED AT THE LAFAYETTE AIRPORT. 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. THEYc WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 4090 8694 4022 8693 4022 8631 4090 8645 &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 37 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 32 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.