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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 2003Clay County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2003, 7:01 PM EST for Clay 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 8, 2003, 7:01 PM EST (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2003, 7:30 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 6:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 090001
SVRIND
INC021-090030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 653 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BRAZIL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN CLAY COUNTY AT 710 PM EST

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING WIND.

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 3954 8721 3930 8722 3937 8699 3960 8706

$$

PUMA

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 8, 2:27 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:27 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
227 PM EST TUE JUL 8 2003

FORECAST FOCUS WILL AGAIN BE FLOOD POTENTIAL AND CHANCE OF
CONVECTION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAY.

ETA/GFS DO NOT AGREE ON TIMING/STRENGTH OF NEXT SYSTEM.  PER PMDHMD
WILL LEAN TOWARD GFS WITH ITS RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY.

BASICALLY SAME SITUATION TODAY AS LAST SEVERAL DAYS WITH EXCEPTION
OF CAP WHICH THERE ISNT ONE TODAY UNLIKE YESTERDAY.  TSRA WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AS CAPES ARE IN THE 3000J/KG RANGE...LIS
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF -8 AND MULTIPLE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AVAILABLE
FOR INITIATION.

WILL CONTINUE WITH GOING FORECAST OF CHANCE/SCT POPS.  UNTIL THURS
NITE WHEN LOW PASSES THROUGH AND WEATHER FINALLY SETTLES DOWN.

WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM
INDIANAPOLIS NORTH...WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS UNTIL
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.IND...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SALLY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 5:00 AM EST, 14 hours 1 minute before

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-091100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
500 AM EST TUE JUL 8 2003

...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
CENTRAL INDIANA...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH INTO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ANYTIME FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY.

&&

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 8, 1:56 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0156 PM EST TUE JUL 08 2003

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

0150 PM    10 S BLOOMINGTON          IN   0.88 IN HAIL
07/08/03   MONROE                         AT LAKE MONROE.

DS

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:25 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0425 PM EST TUE JUL 08 2003

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

0400 PM    FARMLAND                  IN   45 MPH TSTORM WIND
07/08/03   RANDOLPH                       ONE TREE DOWN JUST SOUTH
                                          OF WINCHESTER. REPORTED BY
                                          SPOTTER.

DS

Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:53 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0553 PM EST TUE JUL 08 2003

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

0547 PM    1 S BAINBRIDGE            IN   TORNADO
07/08/03   PUTNAM                         BARN DESTROYED. REPORTED
                                          BY COUNTY DISPATCH.

PUMA

Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:19 PM EST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0619 PM EST TUE JUL 08 2003

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

0614 PM    WILLIAMSPORT              IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/03   WARREN                         3 INCH DIAMATER TREE DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.

PUMA

Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:25 PM EST, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0625 PM EST TUE JUL 08 2003

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

0615 PM    5 N WHITESTOWN            IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/03   BOONE                          DAMAGE TO GRAIN BINS AND
                                          SEVERAL HOUSES. REPORTED BY
                                          COUNTY SHERIFF.

0619 PM    7 NE LEBANON              IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/08/03   BOONE                          GRAIN BINS DESTROYED.
                                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO.
                                          ALTERNATE CITY 1SE WAUGH.

PUMA

Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:51 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
0651 PM EST TUE JUL 08 2003

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

0547 PM    1 NW BAINBRIDGE           IN   TORNADO
07/08/03   PUTNAM                         TORNADO OF UNKNOWN
                                          INTENSITY DAMAGED A BARN
                                          AND SEVERAL HOUSES JUST
                                          NORTHWEST OF BAINBRIDGE
                                          BEGINNING ABOUT 547 PM AND
                                          CONTINUING UNTIL 555 PM.
                                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

DS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 7:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone	45 min
Jul 8, 7:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone	18 min
Jul 8, 7:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	32 min
Jul 8, 7:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Madison	4 hr
Jul 8, 7:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	40 min
Jul 8, 7:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Marion	27 min
Jul 8, 7:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Madison	51 min
Jul 8, 8:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	41 min
Jul 9, 2:20 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Henry	115 min
Jul 9, 3:04 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Randolph	116 min
Jul 9, 6:18 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Madison	3 hr
Jul 9, 12:30 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	5 hr
Jul 9, 2:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vermillion	36 min
Jul 9, 2:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke	53 min
Jul 9, 3:01 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	119 min
Jul 9, 3:19 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	56 min
Jul 9, 3:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Owen	51 min
Jul 9, 3:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	55 min
Jul 9, 3:55 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Putnam	2 hr
Jul 9, 3:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	47 min
Jul 9, 4:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson	29 min
Jul 9, 4:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	46 min
Jul 9, 5:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	47 min
Jul 9, 5:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	29 min
Jul 9, 5:17 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Jennings	58 min
Jul 9, 5:57 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Parke	3 min
Jul 9, 6:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more	3 hr

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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.