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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2003, 11:40 PM EST for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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 17, 2003, 11:40 PM EST (04:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2003, 12:15 AM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Fountain County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
031 WUUS53 KIND 180440 SVRIND INC045-180515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1139 PM EST THU JUL 17 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1215 AM EST * AT 1135 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWTOWN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEWTOWN AT 1145 PM EST VEEDERSBURG AT 1150 PM EST HILLSBORO AT 1155 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 4004 8712 4034 8715 4018 8740 4002 8738 $$ JEH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.