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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 5, 2005Decatur County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2005, 5:54 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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 5, 2005, 5:54 PM EST (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2005, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 1:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 052254
SVRIND
INC031-139-145-052345-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0102.050605T2254Z-050605T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
554 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 550 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. PAUL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENSBURG AROUND 610 PM EST
  NEWPOINT AROUND 630 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 3946 8574 3929 8568 3929 8532 3961 8531

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 052318
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
617 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

INC145-052327-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-050605T2345Z/
SHELBY-
617 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHELBY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY
EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3949 8552 3934 8560 3929 8532 3961 8531

$$

INC031-139-052345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-050605T2345Z/
DECATUR-RUSH-
617 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBURG...OR ABOUT 18
MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEWPOINT AROUND 630 PM EST

QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER AT ST. PAUL ON 
THE SHELBY AND DECATUR COUNTY LINE AT 605 PM EST.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY
EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3949 8552 3934 8560 3929 8532 3961 8531

$$

KOCH

000 
WWUS53 KIND 052345
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
645 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

INC031-139-052355-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-050605T2345Z/
DECATUR-RUSH-
645 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND 
SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST INTO FRANKLIN COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST SUNDAY
EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3949 8552 3934 8560 3929 8532 3961 8531

$$

KOCH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
200 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...UPPR SYS CURRENTLY OVR THE NRN MIDWEST XPCTD TO LIFT
OFF TO THE NE ACRS THE WRK GRTLKS AND INTO CANADA BY MON...WITH FLAT
RDGG DVLPG TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PTN. FCST FOCUS CENTERS ON POPS.

IN THE NR TERM...OLD MESO CONVECTIVE VORT MAX CURRENTLY LOCATED OVR
NRN IL WITH SCT TSTMS DVLPG IN THE TAIL OF THE SYS OVR ERN
IL...WHILE WEAKENING CDFNT LOOKS TO BE LOCATED ALONG THE MS RVR.
EYEBALLING MOVEMENT OF THIS VORT MAX SUGGEST TAIL SHOULD PASS THRU
THE AREA DURG THE REST OF THE AFT AND EARLY EVEN...PROBABLY EXITING
THE AREA AROUND SUNSET. INSTABILITY AXIS LOCATED JUST AHEAD OF THE
VORT TAIL...NR THE IND/IL STATE LN...SO WOULD SUSPECT BEST SVR
THREAT WL BE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE VORT TAIL. WS406 IN EFFECT TIL
02Z. WEAKENING CDFNT LOOKS TO PASS THRU THE AREA LT TONIGHT...SO
SOME REMNANT ACTVTY IS PSBL LTR TONIGHT AS WELL. WL GO WITH HIGHEST
POPS THIS EVEN...THEN CHC POPS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

IN THE LTR PDS...SLIGHTLY DRIER/MORE STABLE AIR MOVS INTO THE AREA
BY MON AS UPPR RDGG BLDS...SO CAN PROB KEEP MON/MON NIGHT PCPN FREE.
BY TUES AFT...WL BRING IN CHC POPS TO THE SWRN ZONES AS MODELS HINT
AT A DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE AREA ALONG WITH DEEPER MOISTURE
RETURN.

LO LVL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE NGM MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR
THE MOST PART. DECIDED TO TRIM A FEW DEGS OFF OF THE HIGHS ON TUES
OVR THE SWRN ZONES DUE TO INCREASED CLD COVER/PCPN THREAT IN THOSE
AREAS.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

JAS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 5:27 AM EST, 12 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
527 AM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-061026-
BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DAVIESS-DECATUR-
DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-GREENE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-HENRY-HOWARD-
JACKSON-JENNINGS-JOHNSON-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MADISON-MARION-MARTIN-MONROE-
MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM-RANDOLPH-RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN-
TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN-
527 AM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT
ALSO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. IT IS
TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE.
THE MAIN THREAT AT THIS TIME FROM ANY OF THESE STORMS IS LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PUMA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:35 PM EST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
535 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0523 PM     HAIL             TAYLORSVILLE            39.30N 85.95W
06/05/2005  1.75 INCH        BARTHOLOMEW        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NIELD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:41 PM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
541 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     HAIL             EDINBURGH               39.35N 85.97W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        JOHNSON            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NIELD

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:41 PM EST, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
541 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

INZ021-030-031-037-038-046-060000-
BOONE-CARROLL-CLINTON-HENDRICKS-HOWARD-TIPTON-
541 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 406 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT
FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.

INZ039>042-047>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-060000-
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DECATUR-DELAWARE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENRY-JACKSON-
JENNINGS-JOHNSON-LAWRENCE-MADISON-MARION-MONROE-MORGAN-RANDOLPH-RUSH-
SHELBY-
541 PM EST SUN JUN 5 2005

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 406 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM.

JAS

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:44 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
544 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 PM     HAIL             3 NE BLOOMINGTON        39.20N 86.48W
06/05/2005  0.75 INCH        MONROE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

NIELD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:45 PM EST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
545 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0524 PM     HAIL             5 NE BLOOMINGTON        39.22N 86.46W
06/05/2005  1.00 INCH        MONROE             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NIELD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:48 PM EST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
548 PM EST SUN JUN 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0410 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NW PITTSBORO          39.88N 86.48W
06/05/2005  65 MPH           HENDRICKS          IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0410 PM     HAIL             1 NW PITTSBORO          39.88N 86.48W
06/05/2005  1.25 INCH        HENDRICKS          IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Owen	26 min
Jun 5, 3:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	47 min
Jun 5, 3:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	46 min
Jun 5, 3:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe	47 min
Jun 5, 4:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	55 min
Jun 5, 4:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown	41 min
Jun 5, 4:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	34 min
Jun 5, 5:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson	22 min
Jun 5, 5:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	47 min
Jun 5, 5:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Shelby	27 min
Jun 5, 5:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	36 min
Jun 5, 5:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson	38 min
Jun 5, 6:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.