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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 14, 2003Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2003, 6:47 PM EST for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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 14, 2003, 6:47 PM EST (23:47 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2003, 7:30 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2003-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

854 
WUUS53 KIND 142347
SVRIND
INC171-150030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
647 PM EST WED MAY 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 644 PM CDT(644 PM EST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 16 MILES WEST OF
  STATE LINE CITY TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINE VILLAGE...OR FROM 12
  MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RENSSELAER...
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STATE LINE CITY AT 705 PM EST
  WEST LEBANON AT 710 PM EST
  WILLIAMSPORT AT 720 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 4048 8710 4038 8710 4034 8723 4015 8749
          4048 8753

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 5:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain24 min
May 14, 6:07 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe23 min
May 14, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMontgomery30 min
May 14, 6:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe32 min

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.