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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 28, 2003Bartholomew County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2003, 8:32 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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 28, 2003, 8:32 PM EST (01:32 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2003, 9:00 PM EST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bartholomew County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-29Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2003-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -150 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-54 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.

000 
WUUS53 KIND 290132
SVRIND
INC005-290200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
832 PM EST WED MAY 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS

* UNTIL 900 PM EST

* AT 830 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COLUMBUS AT 840 PM EST

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE DAMAGING WIND.

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 3932 8609 3906 8608 3907 8588 3914 8582
          3916 8571 3932 8571

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke44 min
May 28, 7:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan40 min
May 28, 7:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan37 min
May 28, 8:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson40 min
May 28, 8:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe52 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.