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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 30, 2005Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2005, 11:44 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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: Mar 30, 2005, 11:44 PM EST (04:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2005, 12:16 AM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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: 926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 7.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 310445
SVRIND
INC101-310515-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0002.050331T0444Z-050331T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1144 PM EST WED MAR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 1215 AM EST

* AT 1140 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SHOALS...OR
  ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
  LOGOOTEE AT 1150 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 3870 8694 3863 8685 3860 8670 3890 8670
      3891 8692

$$
DRT

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310459
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1158 PM EST WED MAR 30 2005

INC101-310515-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050331T0515Z/
MARTIN-
1158 PM EST WED MAR 30 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EST FOR
NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 1154 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 8 MILES NORTH OF
SHOALS...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CRANE 
AND CALE

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3870 8694 3863 8685 3860 8670 3890 8670
      3891 8692

$$

PUMA

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310459 RRA
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1158 PM EST WED MAR 30 2005

INC101-310515-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050331T0515Z/
MARTIN-
1158 PM EST WED MAR 30 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM EST FOR
NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY...

AT 1153 PM 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 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CRANE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHOALS.

LAT...LON 3870 8694 3863 8685 3860 8670 3890 8670
      3891 8692

$$
DRT

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310516
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1214 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

INC101-310524-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050331T0515Z/
MARTIN-
1214 AM EST THU MAR 31 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY HAS 
EXPIRED AT 1215 AM EST...

THE STORM HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND EXITED THE AREA. NO 
REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS TIME FROM 
MARTIN COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3870 8694 3863 8685 3860 8670 3890 8670
      3891 8692

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 11:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	37 min

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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.