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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2003, 8:22 PM EST for Clay County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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 9, 2003, 8:22 PM EST (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2003, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 38 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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.
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 9, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 8:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 100122 SVRIND INC021-100200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 821 PM EST WED JUL 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 815 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STAUNTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KNIGHTSVILLE AT 830 PM EST CENTER POINT AT 835 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. 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 3951 8725 3931 8726 3920 8708 3955 8705 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:47 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 10:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 11:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jennings | 2 hr |
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.