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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 6, 20058 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 2:59 AM EST for 8 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 61 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: Nov 6, 2005, 2:59 AM EST (07:59 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 4:00 AM EST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brown County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 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.

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
Nov 6, 2:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	85 min

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 060759
SVRIND
INC013-027-055-081-083-105-109-119-060900-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0201.051106T0759Z-051106T0900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
259 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
  NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES
  SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 400 AM EST

* AT 258 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARTINSVILLE TO VINCENNES...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO VINCENNES...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STINESVILLE AROUND 305 AM EST
  EDWARDSPORT AROUND 310 AM EST
  SANDBORN AROUND 315 AM EST
  ELNORA AROUND 320 AM 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 3947 8647 3859 8765 3910 8647 3949 8597

$$

KOCH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 060847
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
345 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

INC027-083-060855-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-051106T0900Z/
DAVIESS-KNOX-
345 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DAVIESS AND KNOX COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3947 8647 3907 8698 3910 8647 3949 8597

$$

INC013-055-081-105-109-119-060900-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-051106T0900Z/
BROWN-GREENE-JOHNSON-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN-
345 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHERN MONROE...NORTHWESTERN BROWN...
SOUTHEASTERN OWEN...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON
COUNTIES...

AT 343 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
INDIANAPOLIS TO 16 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
60 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLETTSVILLE AROUND 355 AM EST
  MORGANTOWN AROUND 400 AM EST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3947 8647 3907 8698 3910 8647 3949 8597

$$

JK

000 
WWUS53 KIND 060901
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

INC013-055-081-105-109-119-060910-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-051106T0900Z/
BROWN-GREENE-JOHNSON-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN-
400 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHERN
MONROE...NORTHWESTERN BROWN...SOUTHEASTERN OWEN...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN
AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 400 AM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHERN INDIANA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EST SUNDAY
MORNING FOR WESTERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3947 8647 3907 8698 3910 8647 3949 8597

$$
JK

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 Nov 5, 12:20 PM EST, 14 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 12:20 PM EST, 14 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1220 PM EST SAT NOV 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...FCST FOCUS REMAINS ON POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT TONIGHT.

ALL MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON HANDLING OF APPROACHING SYSTEM
THROUGH SUNDAY. NO SIG ERRORS NOTED AND WILL USE A BLEND BEYOND 12
HRS FOR TEMPS.

MAJOR STORM SYSTEM NOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. MAIN UPPER
WAVE IS MOVING INTO THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES. THIS IS INDUCING
PRESSURE FALLS WITH SFC LOW NOW LOCATED ACROSS SE KS. PRESSURE RISES
ACROSS KS SHOULD FORCE THIS LOW NE INTO CENTRAL MO BY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. MID-UPPER LEVEL FORCING/DIVERGENCE ALREADY INCREASING
ACROSS THE REGION. ELEVATED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED WITHIN REGION OF
DEEP ASCENT ACROSS IL BUT DESPITE STRONG EFFECTIVE SHEAR THEY HAVE
BEEN UNABLE TO REMAIN ORGANIZED.

EXPECT MAIN EVENT TO OCCUR AFTER DARK AS MID-UPPER JET STREAK
DEVELOPS ON FRONT SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. STRENGTH OF WIND FIELDS
WHICH INCLUDES 50-60KTS AT 850MB AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ALONG WITH
DEEP LAYER/EFFECTIVE SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 40KTS POINTS TOWARD THE
POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS HAIL. BEST GUESS
ON TIMING IS 9 PM TO 4 AM...HOWEVER ONCE A LINE FORMS EXPECT THE
FORWARD SPEED 45 TO 55 KTS TO MAKE ANY MODEL FCST MUCH TOO SLOW.
THAT SAID, EXPECT LINE OF MOVE OUT OF THE CWA BY 12Z WITH WINDY
CONDS THEREAFTER AS INTENSE ISALLOBARIC/PRESSURE RISES HIT THE AREA
THROUGH MID MORNING.

ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM IS STILL FORECAST TO IMPACT THE AREA BY
TUES-WEDS. EXPECT GULF MOISTURE THAT IS BROUGHT NORTHWARD
TODAY/TONIGHT WILL RETURN MORE QUICKLY WITH SECOND SYSTEM SO PRECIP
CHCS BY TUES LOOKS GOOD. FAVOR THE GFS SOLUTION FOR MID-LATE WEEK
BUT PERHAPS NOT AS COLD/AMPLIFIED OF A SOLUTION. IN A NUTSHELL, ONE
MAJOR WEATHER EVENT TONIGHT AND ANOTHER SYSTEM BY MID WEEK.

&&

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

&&

CO

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 3:20 PM EST, 11 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
320 PM EST SAT NOV 5 2005

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-061030-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
320 PM EST SAT NOV 5 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED:
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
DAMAGING WINDS
LARGE HAIL
ISOLATED TORNADOES

AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:
ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

DISCUSSION:

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING,
MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL REMAIN LOW WITH THIS ACTIVITY. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP ACROSS ILLINOIS AFTER 9 PM. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL
MOVE EAST AT 50 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS LINE
WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

ALTHOUGH THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...THE INTENSITY OF THE WINDS BOTH NEAR THE SURFACE AND THROUGH
THE ATMOSPHERE DOES INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

AGAIN...THIS IS A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS TO CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT. WE URGE
RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TO STAY ABREAST OF THE CHANGING WEATHER
SITUATION THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20
AND 30 MPH SUNDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH
POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER NOON ON SUNDAY.

ANOTHER COLD FRONT CROSSING THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS POINT...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)

JOHNSON/CO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:18 AM EST, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
218 AM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

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

0212 AM     TSTM WND GST     LEBANON                 40.05N 86.47W
11/06/2005  61 MPH           BOONE              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:32 AM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
232 AM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

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

0155 AM     BLIZZARD         TERRE HAUTE             39.47N 87.38W
11/06/2005                   VIGO               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER LINES DOWN AT 35TH AND HAYTHORN

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:36 AM EST, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
236 AM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

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

0155 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TERRE HAUTE             39.47N 87.38W
11/06/2005                   VIGO               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER LINES DOWN AT 35TH AND HAYTHORN

0155 AM     TSTM WND DMG     FRANKFORT               40.28N 86.51W
11/06/2005                   CLINTON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN COUNTY
            WIDE IN CLINTON COUNTY

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:45 AM EST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 AM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

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

0232 AM     TSTM WND GST     INDIANAPOLIS            39.78N 86.15W
11/06/2005  58 MPH           MARION             IN   ASOS

            50 KNOT WIND MEASURED AT INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT ASOS

0237 AM     TSTM WND GST     CARMEL                  39.97N 86.11W
11/06/2005  60 MPH           HAMILTON           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER LINES DOWN AREA WIDE

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:52 AM EST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
252 AM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

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

0215 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N LEBANON             40.10N 86.47W
11/06/2005                   BOONE              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            TRUCK BLOWN OFF I65 NORTH OF LEBANON

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:57 AM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
257 AM EST SUN NOV 06 2005

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

0253 AM     HAIL             NOBLESVILLE             40.06N 86.03W
11/06/2005  0.75 INCH        HAMILTON           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

OGREN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 6, 1:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	42 min
Nov 6, 1:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	42 min
Nov 6, 1:39 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	36 min
Nov 6, 1:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	40 min
Nov 6, 1:54 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Parke, Putnam	66 min
Nov 6, 1:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more	63 min
Nov 6, 2:22 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	44 min
Nov 6, 2:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more	62 min
Nov 6, 2:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby	63 min
Nov 6, 3:11 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan	49 min
Nov 6, 3:25 AM EST	Wind Advisory	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock and 10 more	11 hr
Nov 6, 3:32 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	43 min
Nov 6, 3:43 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	37 min
Nov 6, 4:04 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	26 min
Nov 6, 5:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	21 min
Nov 6, 5:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	20 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.