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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 2004Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2004, 2:11 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 15, 2004, 2:11 PM EST (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2004, 3:00 PM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hendricks County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2004-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 149 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 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.

857 
WUUS53 KIND 151911
SVRIND
INC063-152000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
211 PM EST TUE JUN 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM EST

* AT 210 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
  DANVILLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DANVILLE AROUND 225 PM EST
  LIZTON AROUND 235 PM EST
  PITTSBORO AROUND 245 PM EST
  BROWNSBURG AROUND 255 PM EST

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3993 8634 3979 8634 3966 8665 3967 8665
      3970 8669 3985 8669 3993 8658 3993 8634

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion43 min
Jun 15, 1:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion55 min
Jun 15, 6:22 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJennings113 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.