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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 5, 2001Lawrence County, Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2001, 6:36 PM EST for Lawrence County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 5, 2001, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2001, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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
Jun 5, 7:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Bedford, IN
Jun 5, 7:13 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Hindustan, 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
Jun 5, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -542 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 387 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 412 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 052337
SVRIND
INC093-101-105-060015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
636 PM EST TUE JUN 5 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 631 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES
  NORTH OF SHOALS...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STINESVILLE AT 645 PM EST
  ELLETTSVILLE AT 650 PM EST
  BLOOMINGTON AT 710 PM EST
  BEDFORD AT 715 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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 3861 8689 3864 8681 3865 8674 3868 8668
          3868 8663 3871 8658 3871 8650 3874 864G2
          3929 8641 3931 8665 3891 8669 3890 8680
          3873 8687

KOCH/HAINES

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 Jun 5, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:20 PM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
220 PM EST TUE JUN 5 2001

TIMING AND CVRG OF TRW'S WL BE A DEFINITE CHALLENGE THROUGH THE FIRST
48 HRS AS MODELS ARE HAVING PROBS PINNING DOWN SFC WV POSITION THAT
WL RIDE ALONG THE WARM FNT SOMETIME WED TO WED NGT. RNGL LOOP WAS
SHOWING TRW'S BEGINNING TO POP ACRS SCNTRL IL IN AREA OF SFC CNVRG ON
THE NOSE OF A MODEST 30 KT LOW LVL JET. MEANWHILE...AN OUTFLOW BNDRY
FM A LINE OF TRW'S FM FWA-LAF WAS DROPPING SE ACRS NW ZONES AND
INTO CNTRL IL. SFC ANLYS HAD THE PERSISTANT WARM FNT LIFTING SLOWLY
NWD TO JUST S OF IND WITH WK SFC WVS LOCATED JUST N OF STL...NEAR CID
AND A FINAL ONE NEAR TOP. UA PATTERN HAD A SMALL AMPLITUDE RIDGE
JUST E OF THE FA AND A TROF ACRS THE PLAINS. VSBL PIX/SFC OBS KEEPING
THICK CLDS ACRS THE FA EXCEPT A FEW BREAKS FAR SRN ZONES.

MODELS ALL BRING A WK S/W ACRS TNGT WHICH SHOULD...ALONG WITH CURRENT
RADAR TRENDS...THE WARM FNT AND OUTFLOW BNDRY NEARBY AND A LOW LVL JET
NOSING IN...AID IN TRIGGER NUMEROUS TRW'S. BEST POPS NRN ZONES AHEAD
OF THE WARM FNT AS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST FEW DAYS AND COINCIDING
WITH BEST LIFT/DEEPER MOIST AND CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE UPR JET.
COULD BE A FEW LG HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND PRODUCERS MAINLY THIS EVE AS
MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH CAPES FM 1000-1500 J/KG STRETCH ACRS THE
FA. AVN IS THE FASTEST MOVING A SFC WV/CD FNT SE OF THE FA AS IT
MOVES THE SFC LOW TO JUST W OF SEYMOUR BY WED AFT. CONVERSLY...THE
NGM HAS IT WELL N AND W ACRS NRN MO AND THE ETA HAS IT NEAR MIE. WITH
LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THE MODELS...WL GO WITH MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ETA
WHICH WOULD IMPLY OCCASIONAL POPS ON WED WITH CHC POPS WED NGT MAINLY
IN THE EVE AND SMALLEST POPS ACRS NWRN ZONES BEHIND THE CD FNT. AVN
TIME SECS SHOW NICE MID LVL DRYING BEHIND THE FNT WED NGT BUT KEEPS
SOME LOW LVL MOIST BEHIND. BY THU...HIGH PRES BUILDS IN BUT SOME
LINGERING LOW LVL MOIST AND CD H8 AIR WL ALLOW FOR SOME DAYTIME CU.
SO PARTLY CLOUDY LOOKS GOOD FOR THEN.

MOS TEMPS LOOK GOOD TNGT CONSIDERING CURRENT DEW PTS AND WARM FNT
EXPECTED TO BE JUST N OF THE AREA. MOS NUMBERS AGAIN LOOK GOOD
TOMORROW BASED ON UNCHANGED AIRMASS AND EXPECTED CLD CVR. WL LEAN A
LITTLE ON THE LOW SIDE...HOWEVER. PREFER A COMPROMISE BETWEEN WARMER
FWC AND COOLER AVN WED NGT AS ETA MODEL PREFERRED OVR AVN AND NGM.
FINALLY...THU'S NUMBERS CLOSE AND APPEAR REASONABLE ASSUMING WE WILL
GET AT LEAST A LITTLE SS.

.IND...NONE.
KOCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:52 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
452 PM EST TUE JUN 05 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    CARLISLE                  IN   1 INCH HAIL
06/05/01   SULLIVAN                       REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:16 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

INZ051>053-060>063-070-071-052330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
516 PM EST TUE JUN 5 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST...
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PASS THROUGH
MARTINSVILLE...SPENCER...LINTON...SULLIVAN...TERRE HAUTE...BRAZIL...
BLOOMINGTON...NASHVILLE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH 630 PM
EST.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SAL.LY

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:29 PM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
529 PM EST TUE JUN 05 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0445 PM    CARLISLE                  IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/01   SULLIVAN                       FOUR 18-20" DIAMETER
                                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 6:15 PM EST, 21 minutes before

INZ043>046-051>054-060>063-067>071-060015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EST TUE JUN 5 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST...
AT 600 PM EST...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF A
LINE FROM VEEDERSBURG TO CRAWFORDSVILLE TO NEW WINCHESTER TO
BLOOMINGTON TO SHOALS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

SALLY

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:18 PM EST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
618 PM EST TUE JUN 05 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    FAIRBANKS                 IN   FLOOD
06/05/01   SULLIVAN                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          TIME OF EVENT
                                          ESTIMATED.  STATE ROAD
                                          63 PARTIALLY COVERED.
                                          ONE OR TWO ROADS IN
                                          EACH OF THE FOLLOWING
                                          TOWNSHIPS HAVE BEEN
                                          PARTIALLY COVERED,
                                          FAIRBANKS, JACKSON,
                                          HAMILTON, AND TRUMAN.

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:36 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
636 PM EST TUE JUN 05 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0629 PM    12 NNE CANNELBURG         IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/05/01   DAVIESS                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          MOBILE HOME DAMAGED.
f                                          BARN DAMAGE, 800N AND
                                          WEST OF 200E.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 4:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	52 min
Jun 5, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Sullivan	41 min
Jun 5, 5:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Martin	31 min
Jun 5, 5:25 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan	65 min
Jun 5, 5:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Owen	64 min
Jun 5, 5:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	17 min
Jun 5, 6:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Martin	39 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson	34 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.