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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 6, 2005Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 6, 2005, 5:55 AM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 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, 5:55 AM EST (10:55 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 6:15 AM EST
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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, 3:30 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 061055
SVRIND
INC135-061115-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0204.051106T1055Z-051106T1115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 615 AM EST

* AT 551 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINCHESTER...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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 4021 8501 4002 8496 4002 8483 4032 8482

$$

KOCH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 061114
SVSIND

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

INC135-061124-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0204.000000T0000Z-051106T1115Z/
RANDOLPH-
614 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY WILL 
EXPIRE AT 615 AM EST...

THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN 
RANDOLPH COUNTY. 

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

LAT...LON 4021 8501 4002 8496 4002 8483 4032 8482

$$

KOCH

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, 17 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 12:20 PM EST, 17 hours 35 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 6, 5:55 AM EST, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
555 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-071100-
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-
555 AM EST SUN NOV 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTOMRS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ARE EXPECTED
TO END BY 7AM THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...WITH
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE AS WELL AS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH THIS
MORNING ACROSS AREAS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH FROM LATE
MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON IN THIS AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO SUBSIDE TOWARDS 500 PM THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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 IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

JOHNSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 6, 2:52 AM EST, 3 hours 3 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 hours 58 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

Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:15 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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

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

0259 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 N ANDERSON            40.12N 85.69W
11/06/2005  61 MPH           MADISON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0240 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KOKOMO                  40.48N 86.13W
11/06/2005                   HOWARD             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            WIND DAMAGE REPORTED COUNTY WIDE IN HOWARD COUNTY. POWER
            IS OUT OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. BILLBOARDS
            BLOWN DOWN. ONE FOOT DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 6, 3:18 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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

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

0316 AM     TSTM WND GST     CHESTERFIELD            40.11N 85.59W
11/06/2005  60 MPH           MADISON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 6, 4:43 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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

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

0120 AM     TSTM WND DMG     COVINGTON               40.14N 87.39W
11/06/2005                   FOUNTAIN           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0135 AM     TSTM WND GST     11 SW LAFAYETTE         40.30N 87.02W
11/06/2005  59 MPH           TIPPECANOE         IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0135 AM     TSTM WND GST     NORTH TERRE HAUTE       39.54N 87.36W
11/06/2005  60 MPH           VIGO               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

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

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

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

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

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

0240 AM     TSTM WND DMG     KOKOMO                  40.48N 86.13W
11/06/2005                   HOWARD             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            WIND DAMAGE REPORTED COUNTY WIDE IN HOWARD COUNTY. POWER
            IS OUT OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. BILLBOARDS
            BLOWN DOWN. ONE FOOT DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED

0245 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 S ARCADIA             40.15N 86.02W
11/06/2005  65 MPH           HAMILTON           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0245 AM     TSTM WND GST     WORTHINGTON             39.12N 86.98W
11/06/2005  62 MPH           GREENE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

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

0259 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 N ANDERSON            40.12N 85.69W
11/06/2005  61 MPH           MADISON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0316 AM     TSTM WND GST     CHESTERFIELD            40.11N 85.59W
11/06/2005  60 MPH           MADISON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 6, 4:55 AM EST, 1 hour before

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

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

0455 AM     HAIL             1 E TRAFALGAR           39.42N 86.13W
11/06/2005  0.88 INCH        JOHNSON            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, 2:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Daviess, Greene, Johnson, Knox, Monroe and 2 more	61 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2005 Every 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.