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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 14, 2005Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2005, 2:40 AM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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 14, 2005, 2:40 AM EST (07:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2005, 3:15 AM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1265 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 140740
SVRIND
INC157-140815-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0113.050614T0740Z-050614T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
240 AM EST TUE JUN 14 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE

* UNTIL 315 AM EST

* AT 235 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF WEST
  LAFAYETTE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BATTLE GROUND AROUND 245 AM EST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4057 8710 4024 8709 4023 8672 4056 8673

$$
SALLY
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 140748
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
248 AM EST TUE JUN 14 2005

INC157-140815-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050614T0815Z/
TIPPECANOE-
248 AM EST TUE JUN 14 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM EST FOR
TIPPECANOE COUNTY...

AT 245 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BATTLE GROUND...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY AROUND 300 AM EST

LAT...LON 4057 8710 4024 8709 4023 8672 4056 8673

$$

SALLY
000 
WWUS53 KIND 140813
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
312 AM EST TUE JUN 14 2005

INC157-140822-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-050614T0815Z/
TIPPECANOE-
312 AM EST TUE JUN 14 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 315 AM EST...

THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM HAS MOVE EAST OF THE AREA.

THE LAFAYETTE/PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT REPORTED A GUST OF 42 MILES 
PER HOUR AT 242 AM AS THE STORM PASSED.

LAT...LON 4057 8710 4024 8709 4023 8672 4056 8673

$$
SALLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren41 min
Jun 13, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe45 min
Jun 14, 2:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren33 min
Jun 14, 11:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings45 min
Jun 14, 11:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings29 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.