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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2003, 7:16 PM EST for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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, 7:16 PM EST (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2003, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 44 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 150016 SVRIND INC045-150100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 716 PM EST WED MAY 14 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 800 PM EST * AT 714 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ATTICA...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEWTOWN AT 725 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 4037 8710 4020 8733 4033 8723 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 61 min |
| May 14, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 47 min |
| May 14, 8:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 47 min |
| May 14, 8:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 66 min |
| May 14, 8:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone | 40 min |
| May 14, 8:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 65 min |
| May 14, 9:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 42 min |
| May 14, 9:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 61 min |
| May 14, 9:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 58 min |
| May 14, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 57 min |
| May 14, 10:09 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Morgan | 66 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.