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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 4, 2003Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2003, 6:39 PM EST for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2003, 6:39 PM EST (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2003, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 5:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 718 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

287 
WUUS53 KIND 042339
SVRIND
INC097-050030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
638 PM EST FRI JUL 4 2003

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 730 PM EST

* AT 638 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER INDIANAPOLIS...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIANAPOLIS AT 645 PM EST
  WARREN PARK AT 650 PM EST
  BEECH GROVE AT 655 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 3995 8620 3983 8635 3967 8629 3965 8611
          3975 8599 3989 8601

$$

BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery	45 min
Jul 4, 5:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	52 min
Jul 4, 5:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone	43 min
Jul 4, 5:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Madison	49 min
Jul 4, 6:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone	42 min
Jul 4, 6:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	53 min
Jul 4, 6:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	46 min
Jul 4, 6:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry	56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.