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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2003, 10:36 PM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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 10, 2003, 10:36 PM EST (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2003, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:10 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 17.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
230 WUUS53 KIND 110336 SVRIND INC133-110415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1036 PM EST SAT MAY 10 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1115 PM EST * AT 1033 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF CLOVERDALE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CLOVERDALE AT 1050 PM EST GREENCASTLE AT 1055 PM EST FILLMORE AT 1100 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. 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 3972 8702 3947 8703 3948 8670 3973 8670 $$ SALLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 10:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 39 min |
| May 10, 11:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 44 min |
| May 10, 11:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 44 min |
| May 11, 3:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Shelby | 26 min |
| May 11, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 41 min |
| May 11, 3:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.