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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 5, 2001Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2001, 7:31 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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, 7:31 PM EST (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2001, 8:15 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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
Jun 5, 7:45 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 EColumbus, 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
Jun 5, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2001-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2001-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 060031
SVRIND
INC005-071-060115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 728 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBUS AT 750 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.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.

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 3924 8605 3877 8629 3880 8587 3926 8581
HAINES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 4:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Putnam, Vermillion112 min
Jun 6, 5:33 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Marion117 min

Nearby

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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.