Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 5:15 PM EST for Hancock County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hancock County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 222215 SVRIND INC059-139-145-222300- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0014.050422T2215Z-050422T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 515 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 600 PM EST * AT 514 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT NEAR SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CARTHAGE AROUND 525 PM EST RUSHVILLE AROUND 535 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. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 3975 8572 3953 8570 3951 8534 3980 8535 $$ HAINES
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 222251 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 552 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 INC059-139-145-222300- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050422T2300Z/ HANCOCK-RUSH-SHELBY- 552 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN SHELBY...RUSH AND SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES... AT 549 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MORRISTOWN AROUND 530 PM EST CARTHAGE AROUND 540 PM EST RUSHVILLE AROUND 550 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3975 8572 3953 8570 3951 8534 3980 8535 $$ HAINES
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 Apr 22, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 3:40 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 340 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 .DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA ON SATURDAY. MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR IS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND IT. MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE ETA HAS THE LOW JUMPING FROM ILL TO OH IN 12 HOURS. THE GFS HAS A MUCH MORE REASONABLE SLOWER MOVEMENT. GOOD WIND AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR OVER AREA THIS EVENING. LIFTED INDEXES BETTER THEN -4 ALONG WITH A CAPE AROUND 1200. SEVER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. STRONG AND COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY. GROUND TEMPERATURES AREA IN THE 50S. THIS WILL INHIBIT SNOW ACCUMULATION. 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH WITH 1 INCH OR LESS IN THE CENTRAL SECTIONS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CENTRAL AND SOUTH THIS EVENING. FREEZE WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA SATURDAY NIGHT. && HAINES
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:02 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 302 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 INZ035>037-039-040-043>048-051>057-060>065-067>072-231100- BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-CLAY-DAVIESS-DECATUR-FOUNTAIN-GREENE- HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-JACKSON-JENNINGS-JOHNSON-KNOX-LAWRENCE- MADISON-MARION-MARTIN-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM- RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN-VERMILLION-VIGO- 302 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT... ...FREEZE WATCH SATURDAY NIGHT... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA LATER TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE INTENSITY WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND WINDS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF RAIN ON SATURDAY. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. ONE INCH OR LESS ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY NIGHT THEY WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S. RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED FRIDAY EVENING. INZ021-028>031-038-041-042-049-231100- CARROLL-CLINTON-DELAWARE-HENRY-HOWARD-RANDOLPH-TIPPECANOE-TIPTON- WARREN- 302 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. ...FREEZE WATCH SATURDAY NIGHT... .DAY ONE...TONIGHT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. A FEW OF THESE MAY BE STRONG BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE WEATHER LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF RAIN ON SATURDAY. THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW IN THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCH ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT THEY WILL FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. THEY SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:53 PM EST, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
453 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL NORTH VERNON 39.01N 85.63W
04/22/2005 0.25 INCH JENNINGS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
CPSpecial weather statement, Apr 22, 4:54 PM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 454 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 INZ028>030-035>040-043-044-230200- BOONE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-MADISON-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-TIPPECANOE- TIPTON-VERMILLION-WARREN- 454 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE NORTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE AREA...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. INZ045>048-051>057-060>065-067>072-230200- BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-CLAY-DAVIESS-DECATUR-GREENE-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS- JACKSON-JENNINGS-JOHNSON-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MARION-MARTIN-MONROE-MORGAN- OWEN-PUTNAM-RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN-VIGO- 454 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID EVENING. STORMS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING IN THE VINCENNES AREA BY 530 PM. DS
Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:05 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
505 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0457 PM TSTM WND DMG LOOGOOTEE 38.68N 86.91W
04/22/2005 MARTIN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES/LIMBS DOWN
0459 PM TSTM WND GST SHOALS 38.67N 86.79W
04/22/2005 0 MPH MARTIN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS 231
0502 PM HAIL CARMEL 39.97N 86.11W
04/22/2005 0.25 INCH HAMILTON IN AMATEUR RADIO
99TH AND WESTFIELD
0501 PM HAIL 5 N INDIANAPOLIS 39.85N 86.15W
04/22/2005 1.00 INCH MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
&&
CPLocal storm report, Apr 22, 5:06 PM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
506 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL 1 NE INDIANAPOLIS 39.79N 86.13W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CPLocal storm report, Apr 22, 5:08 PM EST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
508 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL BROWNSTOWN 38.88N 86.05W
04/22/2005 0.88 INCH JACKSON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL COMPLETELY COVERS GROUND
&&
CPLocal storm report, Apr 22, 5:10 PM EST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
510 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL CARMEL 39.97N 86.11W
04/22/2005 0.75 INCH HAMILTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
46TH AND GRAY
&&
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 5:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 5:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 6:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2005Every 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.