Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 525
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 8, 2001, 9:30 AM EST for 48 counties in Indiana; 16 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2001, 9:30 AM EST (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2001, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Butler County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 11:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 11:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Dearborn | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 12:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ohio | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 12:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 12:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 12:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Switzerland | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 12:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Campbell, Kenton | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Grant | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 1:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Owen | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pendleton | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette | 30 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 12:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ohio, Switzerland | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass and 47 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kentucky, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.