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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 5, 2003Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2003, 3:31 PM EST for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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 5, 2003, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2003, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 2306 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

252 
WUUS53 KIND 052031
SVRIND
INC045-107-157-052100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
330 PM EST SAT JUL 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 328 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MELLOTT...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MELLOTT AT 335 PM EST
  NEWTOWN AT 340 PM EST
  WAYNETOWN AT 345 PM EST
  WINGATE AT 350 PM EST

LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORM.

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 4024 8736 4008 8731 4005 8675 4047 8679

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 5, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
220 PM EST SAT JUL 5 2003

...FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT...

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT HAS FLOODING OR NEAR FLOOD CONDITIONS
OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
TONIGHT COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

A FRONT WAS FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PLAINS
STATES. UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGHS WERE OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND JUST
EAST OF THE ROCKIES. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION
WAS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME CONVECTION WAS DEVELOPING WEST OF THE
AREA.

SATELLITE SHOWED SURGE OF CUMULUS CLOUDS THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST PART
OF THE FORECAST AREA. INSTABILITY DECREASING...BUT NOT SO GREAT AS
YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD THOUGH DEVELOP INTO THE AREA THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. UPPER TROUGH MOVING EAST
THROUGH THE PLAINS STATES SHOULD DEVELOP MCS THAT WOULD PROPAGATE
TOWARD THE NORTH PART OF THE AREA. WILL MENTION SEVERE AND HEAVY
RAINFALL TONIGHT MUCH OF THE AREA. PRECIPITABLE WATER STILL FORECAST
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES.

NOT A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE IN MODELS THIS RUN. THE PLAINS UPPER
TROUGH WILL LIKELY BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH PART OF THE AREA
TOMORROW. WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH. HEAVY RAIN
COULD YET BE A PROBLEM OVER THE NORTH. CAPES TOMORROW OVER 3000 J/KG
AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 7 C/KM. SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR.
ANOTHER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON MONDAY
SHOULD PULL ANY BOUNDARIES NORTH...BUT WITH AIR STILL MODERATELY TO
EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WILL PUT A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL
BUT THE FAR SOUTH PART OF THE AREA.

DEW POINTS HAVE RISEN THIS AFTERNOON...SO GUIDANCE LOWS AROUND 70
LOOK REASONABLE. MCS COULD COOL TEMPERATURE TOMORROW. WILL NOT STRAY
TOO MUCH FROM GUIDANCE THOUGH. MONDAY SHOULD HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF
SUNSHINE AND WILL BE HOT. HEAT INDEXES NOT QUITE HIGH ENOUGH DURING
THE DAY OR NIGHT FOR A HEAT ADVISORY.

.IND...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT NORTHEAST HALF.

DS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:16 PM EST, 15 minutes before

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-061100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
316 PM EST SAT JUL 5 2003

...FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTH HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL
INDIANA TONIGHT. FLOODING COULD OCCUR OR BE INCREASED OVER THE NORTH
HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF
CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BE THE
MAIN THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN OVER THE NORTH PART OF CENTRAL
INDIANA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
MONDAY...TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR MONDAY.

HEAT INDEXES WILL RISE TO 95 TO 100 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING URL...

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND (ALL LOWER CASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:47 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1247 PM EST SAT JUL 05 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1200 PM    KOKOMO                    IN   FLOOD
07/05/03   HOWARD                         DOWNTOWN FLOODED ALONG
                                          WILDCAT CREEK

CET

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:14 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0214 PM EST SAT JUL 05 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1018 PM    5 NW LAFAYETTE            IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03   TIPPECANOE                     TREES PWR LINES DOWN

CET

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:17 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0217 PM EST SAT JUL 05 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0715 PM    2 S NEW CASTLE            IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03   HENRY                          TREES BLOWN ACROSS ROAD

0745 PM    4 SW GREENFIELD           IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03   HANCOCK                        TREES BLOWN DOWN

CET

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0220 PM EST SAT JUL 05 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 PM    WINCHESTER                IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03   RANDOLPH                       TREES BLOWN DOWN

CET

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:21 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0221 PM EST SAT JUL 05 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0700 PM    ALBANY                    IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03   DELAWARE                       TREES PWR LINES DOWN

CET

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:22 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0222 PM EST SAT JUL 05 2003

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0555 PM    5 SE CRAWFORDSVILLE       IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03   MONTGOMERY                     TREES DOWN

CET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 9:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	45 min
Jul 4, 11:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Howard, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	2 hr
Jul 5, 1:43 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll	17 min
Jul 5, 3:00 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Randolph and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 5, 8:14 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe, Tipton	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	37 min
Jul 5, 4:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery	36 min
Jul 5, 4:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone	37 min
Jul 5, 5:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	41 min
Jul 5, 5:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Madison, Shelby	35 min
Jul 5, 6:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	24 min

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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.