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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 9, 2003Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2003, 11:19 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
May 9, 2003, 11:19 PM EST (04:19 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2003, 11:45 PM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 270 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3057 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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

116 
WUUS53 KIND 100419
SVRIND
INC101-100445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1119 PM EST FRI MAY 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 1145 PM EST

* AT 1109 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23
  MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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 3868 8685 3874 8693 3889 8688 3890 8670
          3878 8670

$$

BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 9:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox45 min
May 9, 10:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen32 min
May 9, 10:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess36 min
May 9, 11:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan28 min
May 9, 11:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox36 min
May 9, 11:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess35 min
May 10, 12:20 AM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Martin40 min
May 10, 12:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence31 min
May 10, 1:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence47 min
May 10, 1:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery36 min
May 10, 1:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton47 min
May 10, 2:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton29 min
May 10, 2:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison46 min
May 10, 3:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph24 min
May 10, 9:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion29 min
May 10, 9:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke32 min
May 10, 9:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion31 min
May 10, 9:56 AM ESTTornado WarningINDParke49 min
May 10, 10:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam50 min
May 10, 10:23 AM ESTTornado WarningINDMontgomery, Putnam52 min
May 10, 10:32 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion118 min
May 10, 10:47 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMontgomery118 min
May 10, 10:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDPutnam114 min
May 10, 10:51 AM ESTTornado WarningINDVigo39 min
May 10, 10:56 AM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hendricks64 min
May 10, 11:08 AM ESTTornado WarningINDClay52 min
May 10, 11:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hendricks61 min
May 10, 11:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen, Putnam48 min
May 10, 11:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDVigo27 min
May 10, 11:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan42 min
May 10, 11:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion23 min
May 10, 12:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan30 min
May 10, 12:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison118 min
May 10, 12:32 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson28 min
May 10, 12:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush41 min
May 10, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby46 min
May 10, 1:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur45 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.