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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 2001Johnson County, Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2001, 5:36 PM EST for Johnson County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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
Jul 8, 2001, 5:36 PM EST (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2001, 6:10 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Johnson County, IN, Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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
Jul 8, 5:59 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 EFranklin, IN
Jul 8, 6:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 EMorgantown, 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
Jul 8, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2001-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1832 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 2001-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
1832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 082237
SVRIND

INC081-109-082300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
536 PM EST SUN JUL 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 610 PM EST

* AT 536 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF GREENWOOD TO 5
  MILES WEST OF LAKE HART...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS
  TO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE HART AT 545 PM EST
  GREENWOOD AT 555 PM EST
  NEW WHITELAND AT 600 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.
$$

JAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 11:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Shelby37 min
Jul 8, 11:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush43 min
Jul 8, 4:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren29 min
Jul 8, 4:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion27 min
Jul 8, 4:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe39 min
Jul 8, 4:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke42 min
Jul 8, 5:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton43 min
Jul 8, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton35 min
Jul 8, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam44 min
Jul 8, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion41 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison45 min
Jul 8, 5:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby47 min
Jul 8, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry42 min
Jul 8, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush36 min
Jul 8, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph42 min
Jul 8, 6:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur36 min
Jul 8, 6:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin43 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.