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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 15, 2005Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 2005, 6:12 PM EST for Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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: Nov 15, 2005, 6:12 PM EST (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2005, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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
Nov 15, 6:35 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 58	Sheridan, IN	TREE BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN NEAR THE HAMILTON AND BOONE COUNTY LINE ALONG STATE ROAD 47
Nov 15, 6:40 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Sheridan, IN	TREES DOWNED.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 23 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
Nov 15, 3:01 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 447 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 152312
SVRIND
INC011-057-152345-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0206.051115T2312Z-051115T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
612 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 608 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 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ULEN...OR 
ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHERIDAN AROUND 620 PM EST
  WESTFIELD AROUND 625 PM EST
  CICERO AROUND 635 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 4019 8647 3998 8648 3999 8587 4022 8587
      4019 8622

$$

JOHNSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 152325
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
625 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

INC011-057-152345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-051115T2345Z/
BOONE-HAMILTON-
625 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR EASTERN BOONE AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 619 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 SHERIDAN...OR ABOUT
19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CICERO AROUND 630 PM EST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 4019 8647 3998 8648 3999 8587 4022 8587
      4019 8622

$$

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 Nov 15, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
230 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST FOCUS IS ON STORMS TONIGHT THEN COLD AIR/POSSIBLE PRECIP IN
THE SHORT TERM.

AT 19Z WARM FRONT WAS ACROSS SRN FORECAST AREA /FA/ WITH SFC LOW NW
OF KSTL. LINE OF TSRA WAS APPROACHING FA FM THE SW WITH ANOTHER LINE
CLOSER TO SFC LOW BACK IN MO.

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH MOST FEATURES AGAIN TODAY. WILL USE
A BLEND.

EXPECT WARM FRONT TO LIFT N THRU FA THIS AFTN BEFORE COLD FRONT
MOVES SWIFTLY THROUGH THE FA THIS EVENING. EXPECT ANOTHER LINE OF
TSRA NEAR OR AHEAD OF SFC FRONT. THUS WILL CONTINUE HI POPS MOST
AREAS. FAR WRN FA MAY BE A PROBLEM IF TSRA MOVE WELL AHEAD OF FRONT
AND THUS ARE OUT OF WRN FA AROUND 00Z. MAY GO A LITTLE LOWER POPS
THERE TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SEVERE AS SHEAR
PROFILES ARE IMPRESSIVE AND FA IS IN HIGH RISK. PRECIP WILL END
AROUND MIDNIGHT AS DRY SLOT WORKS IN. COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY FLOW IN
BEHIND FRONT SO SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE REACHING LOWS NEAR MAV
NUMBERS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30 MPH IN WAKE
OF SFC LOW AS WELL...ESPECIALLY NWRN FA.

ON WEDNESDAY COLD ADVECTION WILL KEEP TEMPS FROM RISING MUCH. WENT
JUST A FEW DEGREES ABOVE MINS FOR HIGHS. THIS IS NEAR MAV NUMBERS
MOST AREAS. 925MB PROGS SHOW PLENTY OF MOISTURE AROUND...ESPECIALLY
NRN FA. COLD ADVECTION/CYCLONIC FLOW MAY INTERACT WITH THIS MOISTURE
TO PRODUCE A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NRN HALF OF FA. WILL KEEP
SLIGHT CHC POPS GOING THERE.

CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY EXIT BY THU MORNING AS HIGH PRES MOVES IN.
TEMPS WILL PLUMMET INTO THE LOWER 20S FOR LOWS. WITH SUCH A COLD
START EVEN WITH SUN TEMPS WILL STAY IN THE 30S MOST AREAS DURING THE
DAY THU.

&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 3:30 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
330 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-160930-
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-
330 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

...DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK INTO THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS AFTERNOON.

AFTER 500 PM ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA
FROM THE WEST. THIS LINE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE AS IT MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA INTO EARLY EVENING.
ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE OUT OF INDIANA BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA
OUTLETS INCLUDING RADIO AND TELEVISION ALONG WITH NOAA ALL HAZARDS
RADIO. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CHANGE RAPIDLY.

OVERNIGHT...AFTER THE STORMS PASS...WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SPOTTY SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. NO ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:27 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
427 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0420 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N SPENCER             39.30N 86.77W
11/15/2005                   OWEN               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE DOWN JUST NORTH OF SPENCER

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:32 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
432 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0428 PM     TORNADO          1 N ELLETTSVILLE        39.25N 86.62W
11/15/2005                   MONROE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            DEBRIS IS ALSO BEING REPORTED FALLING FROM THE SKY IN
            BLOOMINGTON

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:45 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
445 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0444 PM     HAIL             NASHVILLE               39.20N 86.24W
11/15/2005  1.00 INCH        BROWN              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:38 PM EST, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
538 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0530 PM     TORNADO          2 SW ST. PAUL           39.41N 85.66W
11/15/2005                   SHELBY             IN   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT IN GENEVA IN SHELBY COUNTY

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:40 PM EST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0539 PM     TORNADO          1 E ST. PAUL            39.43N 85.61W
11/15/2005                   DECATUR            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STATE POLICE CONFIRMED TORNADO JUST EAST OF ST PAUL

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:42 PM EST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
542 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2005

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

0535 PM     TORNADO          HOPE                    39.30N 85.77W
11/15/2005                   BARTHOLOMEW        IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            2 BARNS AND A HOME DAMAGES IN HOPE.

&&

OGREN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 2:31 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	44 min
Nov 15, 2:40 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Knox	50 min
Nov 15, 2:46 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	29 min
Nov 15, 3:10 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam, Vigo	35 min
Nov 15, 3:23 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	43 min
Nov 15, 3:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	28 min
Nov 15, 3:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene	25 min
Nov 15, 3:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Martin	27 min
Nov 15, 3:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Owen	40 min
Nov 15, 4:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Lawrence, Monroe	24 min
Nov 15, 4:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan	31 min
Nov 15, 4:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	31 min
Nov 15, 4:47 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown	28 min
Nov 15, 4:49 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Vigo	26 min
Nov 15, 5:05 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Shelby	25 min
Nov 15, 5:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	29 min
Nov 15, 5:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	36 min
Nov 15, 5:41 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	34 min
Nov 15, 5:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush	27 min
Nov 15, 6:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard	28 min
Nov 15, 6:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	24 min
Nov 15, 6:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	25 min
Nov 15, 6:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Martin	34 min
Nov 15, 6:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Tipton	39 min
Nov 15, 6:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Lawrence, Monroe	31 min
Nov 15, 6:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion	45 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.