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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 2003Boone County, Clinton County, Montgomery County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2003, 12:15 AM EST for Boone County, Clinton County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2003, 12:15 AM EST (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2003, 1:00 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Montgomery County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 7, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3170 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
3170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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.

828 
WUUS53 KIND 080515
SVRIND
INC011-023-107-080600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1214 AM EST TUE JUL 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE

* UNTIL 100 AM EST

* AT 1211 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MICHIGANTOWN
  TO 8 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...OR FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
  FRANKFORT TO 8 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MICHIGANTOWN AT 1220 AM EST
  THORNTOWN AT 1225 AM EST
  NEW ROSS AT 1235 AM EST
  ULEN AT 1240 AM 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 4044 8655 4021 8669 4004 8708 3991 8687
          3996 8631 4037 8627

$$

BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 11:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe44 min
Jul 7, 11:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe46 min
Jul 7, 11:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe2 hr
Jul 8, 12:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton51 min
Jul 8, 12:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton41 min
Jul 8, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison50 min
Jul 8, 1:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison23 hr
Jul 8, 1:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison57 min
Jul 8, 1:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton61 min
Jul 8, 1:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph45 min
Jul 8, 1:49 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDRandolph56 min
Jul 8, 2:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew44 min
Jul 8, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam33 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDCarroll, Howard, Tipton5 hr
Jul 8, 5:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPutnam24 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain39 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton38 min
Jul 8, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison46 min
Jul 8, 6:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery37 min
Jul 8, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam26 min
Jul 8, 6:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks51 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.