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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 22, 2005Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 5:01 PM EST for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 22, 2005, 5:01 PM EST (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2005, 5:45 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 22, 1:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2005-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2005-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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 222201
SVRIND
INC093-222245-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0013.050422T2201Z-050422T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
501 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 456 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF OOLITIC...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BEDFORD AROUND 510 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 3898 8671 3868 8669 3881 8629 3900 8630

$$
DRT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 222214
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
514 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

INC093-222245-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050422T2245Z/
LAWRENCE-
514 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR
LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 510 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
OOLITIC AND BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HELTONVILLE AROUND 525 PM EST

LAT...LON 3898 8671 3868 8669 3881 8629 3900 8630

$$
DRT
000 
WWUS53 KIND 222236
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
535 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

INC093-222245-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050422T2245Z/
LAWRENCE-
535 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR
LAWRENCE COUNTY...

AT 532 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ZELMA AROUND 540 PM EST

LAT...LON 3898 8671 3868 8669 3881 8629 3900 8630

$$
DRT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 3:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence41 min
Apr 22, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox50 min
Apr 22, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence47 min
Apr 22, 3:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion25 min
Apr 22, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion34 min
Apr 22, 4:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings46 min
Apr 22, 4:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox39 min
Apr 22, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby50 min
Apr 22, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin26 min
Apr 22, 4:54 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Shelby51 min
Apr 22, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion45 min
Apr 22, 5:04 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion26 min
Apr 22, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Rush, Shelby45 min
Apr 22, 5:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Madison46 min
Apr 22, 5:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew42 min
Apr 22, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson33 min
Apr 22, 5:45 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby45 min
Apr 22, 5:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam29 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam44 min
Apr 22, 6:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby46 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.