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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 2001Hancock County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2001, 5:43 PM EST for Hancock County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
Jul 8, 2001, 5:43 PM EST (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2001, 6:30 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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, 6:07 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50 EGreenfield, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 12:00Z on 2001-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3052 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2001-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
3052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

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

743 
WUUS53 KIND 082243
SVRIND
INC059-145-082330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 541 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM FORTVILLE TO 19 MILES WEST OF
  FAIRLAND...OR FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON TO 13 MILES SOUTH
  OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENFIELD AT 550 PM EST
  WILKINSON AT 555 PM EST
  MORRISTOWN AT 600 PM EST
  SHELBYVILLE AT 605 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 3990 8559 3995 8567 3995 8586 3993 8594
          3988 8595 3934 8595 3934 8565 3979 8565

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, 5:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan34 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.