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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 2005Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2005, 8:10 PM EST for Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2005, 8:10 PM EST (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2005, 9:00 PM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Howard County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 8:30 PM EST	TORNADO	4 Wsw Kokomo, IN	F0 TORNADO IN CHAPAGNE SHORES SUBDIVISION SHEARING OFF SEVERAL TREES. THIS WAS CONCURRENT WITH AN ADJACENT MICROBURST IMPACTING THE SAME AREA.
Jul 26, 8:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Se Kokomo, IN	18 INCH LIVE BRANCHES DOWN
Jul 26, 8:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Kokomo, IN	TELEPHONE POLE PUSHED DOWN, BLOCKING BARCKLEY RD ON WEST SIDE
Jul 26, 8:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Sw Kokomo, IN	5-6 INCH TREE BROKEN OFF AT GROUND
Jul 26, 8:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Russiaville, IN	12 INCH TREE ON ROAD
Jul 26, 8:46 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 60	Greentown, IN	HORIZONTAL RAIN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 5 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 25 minutes after it went out.

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
Jul 26, 5:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 270110
SVRIND
INC067-270200-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0154.050727T0110Z-050727T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
810 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO

* UNTIL 900 PM EST

* AT 808 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF
  RUSSIAVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF FRANKFORT...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSSIAVILLE AROUND 820 PM EST
  GALVESTON AROUND 825 PM EST
  KOKOMO AROUND 830 PM EST
  GREENTOWN AROUND 840 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 4057 8635 4040 8627 4041 8587 4058 8587

$$

PUMA

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 270123
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
823 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

INC067-270200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-050727T0200Z/
HOWARD-
823 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR
HOWARD COUNTY...

AT 821 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSIAVILLE...OR
ABOUT NEAR KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENTOWN AROUND 835 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.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4057 8635 4040 8627 4041 8587 4058 8587

$$

NIELD

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 Jul 26, 1:45 PM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 1:45 PM EST, 6 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
145 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST FOCUS IS ON CHANCES FOR RAIN THRU WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

AT 1830Z SCT TSRA WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS WRN FORECAST AREA /FA/ IN
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. PREFRONTAL TROF NOTED ACROSS NRN IN WITH TSRA
DEVELOPING ALONG IT AS WELL. MAIN FRONT WAS ACROSS NRN IL WITH
PRECIP BEHIND IT.

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THIS RUN...WITH SOME SLIGHT TIMING
DIFFERENCES. WILL GENERALLY USE A BLEND...BUT LEAN TOWARD SLIGHTLY
SLOWER SOLUTION OF THE NAM.

TSRA WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN UNSTABLE AIR AND LAST INTO THE
EVENING. MOST OF PRECIP WILL BE BEHIND FRONT THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT AS CAN BE SEEN CURRENTLY BEHIND THE FRONT. THUS WILL
CONTINUE CATEGORICAL POPS TONIGHT AND WORD AS OCCASIONAL. WILL
MENTION SEVERE DURING THE EVENING WITH DECENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. POST FRONTAL PRECIP SHOULD BE MORE TAME. COOLER
AIR WILL WORK IN BEHIND FRONT AND WITH THE PRECIP DROP TEMPS TO NEAR
GUIDANCE NUMBERS IN THE MID 60S MOST AREAS.

PRECIP WILL SLOWLY EXIT THE FA TO THE SE DURING THE DAY ON WED UNTIL
UPPER TROF EXITS FA IN THE AFTN. WILL GO CHC POPS AND DIMINISH FROM
NW TO SE DURING THE DAY. WITH CLOUDS HANGING ON FOR AT LEAST THE
MORNING IN THE NORTH AND MUCH OF THE DAY IN THE SOUTH...HIGH TEMPS
WILL ONLY REACH MID TO UPPER 70S ENTIRE FA. THIS IS IN BETWEEN
COOLER MET AND WARMER MAV NUMBERS.

DRY WEATHER THEN EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF FORECAST AS NEXT COLD
FRONT SHOULD WASH OUT BEFORE IT REACHES US ON FRI.

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:40 AM EST, 14 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 AM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-271100-
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-
540 AM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL
A SECONDARY THREAT. AT THIS POINT...THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FROM THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

IN ADDITION...THE COMBINATION OF HIGH HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO
105 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A TERRE HAUTE TO TIPTON LINE. AT THIS
POINT...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE...

HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND

JAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 7:46 PM EST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
746 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

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

0741 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ATTICA                  40.29N 87.25W
07/26/2005                   FOUNTAIN           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND LIMBS DOWN

&&

SHAINES

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:55 PM EST, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
755 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

INZ061>065-067>072-270110-
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DAVIESS-DECATUR-GREENE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-KNOX-
LAWRENCE-MARTIN-MONROE-
755 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 688 HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WATCHES LATER TONIGHT.

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:57 PM EST, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
757 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

INZ042-048-049-053>057-060-270300-
HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-MORGAN-OWEN-RANDOLPH-RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN-
757 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 688 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM
EST...

Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:02 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
802 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

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

0757 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAFAYETTE               40.41N 86.87W
07/26/2005                   TIPPECANOE         IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            SR 26 AND I65 POWER LOSS, POWER LINES DOWN

&&

CP

Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:06 PM EST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
806 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

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

0754 PM     TSTM WND GST     LAFAYETTE               40.41N 86.87W
07/26/2005  66 MPH           TIPPECANOE         IN   ASOS

&&

CP

Local storm report, Jul 26, 8:10 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
810 PM EST TUE JUL 26 2005

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

0807 PM     HAIL             ROSSVILLE               40.42N 86.60W
07/26/2005  0.50 INCH        CLINTON            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NO POWER, APPROX 50 MPH WIND GUS

&&

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 7:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Clinton	14 min
Jul 26, 7:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	50 min
Jul 26, 7:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	44 min
Jul 26, 7:51 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	19 min
Jul 26, 8:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	38 min
Jul 26, 8:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	47 min
Jul 26, 8:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tipton	49 min
Jul 26, 8:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard	31 min
Jul 26, 8:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	42 min
Jul 26, 8:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	55 min
Jul 26, 9:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	61 min
Jul 26, 10:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam	41 min
Jul 26, 10:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.