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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 14, 2003Hendricks County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2003, 8:24 PM EST for Hendricks County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 66 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, 8:24 PM EST (01:24 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2003, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 170 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

923 
WUUS53 KIND 150124
SVRIND
INC063-133-150230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 821 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ROACHDALE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FILLMORE AT 835 PM EST
  NORTH SALEM AT 840 PM EST
  LIZTON AT 855 PM EST
  DANVILLE AT 900 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 3946 8701 3987 8701 3987 8672 3993 8671
          3993 8657 3989 8634 3966 8634 3972 8670
          3963 8665 3954 8666 3951 8670 3946 8670

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 7:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain	44 min
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, 8:35 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2003 Every 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.