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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 14, 2003Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2003, 9:03 PM EST for Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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, 9:03 PM EST (02:03 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2003, 9:45 PM EST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hamilton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

629 
WUUS53 KIND 150203
SVRIND
INC057-150245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* AT 856 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESTFIELD...OR ABOUT 17
  MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHERIDAN AT 910 PM EST
  CARMEL AT 920 PM EST
  FISHERS AT 930 PM EST
  CICERO AT 935 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.

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

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 4015 8625 3994 8626 3994 8587 4013 8587

$$

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, 8:24 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, 9:14 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.