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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 19, 2001Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2001, 8:33 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2001, 8:33 PM EST (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2001, 9:30 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 225 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2001-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1405 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.0

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The text

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

701 
WUUS53 KIND 200133
SVRIND
INC097-200230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
833 PM EST TUE JUN 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 827 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CLERMONT...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPEEDWAY AT 850 PM EST
  WYNNEDALE AT 900 PM EST
  SPRING HILL AT 905 PM EST
  NORTH CROWS NEST AT 910 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 3984 8634 3962 8634 3967 8599 3992 8603

DT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson40 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen, Putnam36 min
Jun 19, 7:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown32 min
Jun 19, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Shelby41 min
Jun 19, 8:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson31 min
Jun 19, 8:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush50 min
Jun 19, 8:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.