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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 2005Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 4:27 PM EST for Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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: May 11, 2005, 4:27 PM EST (21:27 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2005, 5:15 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hamilton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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
May 11, 3:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 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 112127
SVRIND
INC057-112215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0031.050511T2127Z-050511T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
427 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 420 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF ARCADIA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 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 8605 4008 8607 4009 8589 4022 8589

$$

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 May 11, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
230 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

.DISCUSSION...A WARM FRONT STRETCHED FM NRN MO ACRS CENTRAL IL TO
NRN INDIANA EARLY THIS PM. 88D SHOWS TSRA DEVELOPING ALONG THE
BOUNDARY. SFC DEWPOINTS ACRS THE FA ARE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S
AND TEMPS HAVE RISEN TO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 80S.

FORECAST CHALLENGE TDY WL BE TSRA CHCS.

MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN...BUT ARE A BIT
DIFFERENT WITH THE SMALLER DETAILS. MODELS KEEP WEAK UPPER RIDE ACRS
THE AREA WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DYNAMICS TO PUSH ACRS THE AREA.
HOWEVER LWR LVLS CONTINUE TO HAVE PLENTY OF MOISTURE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY AS WARM FRONT SLOWLY SAGS S ACRS INDIANA ON THURSDAY.
BEST Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE IS FOUND ACRS IL AND NRN INDIANA TONIGHT
AND THURS. TIME SECTIONS SHOW GOOD MOISTURE PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT AND NAM IS A BIT STRONGER WITH THE VV THAN THE GFS. GIVEN
EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AND H8-H3 LAYER
THICKNESS PROPAGATION EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS CERTAINLY LOOK GOOD
TONIGHT. CURRENT CAPES ACRS THE FA ARE 2500-3500 J/KG. HENCE WL
CONTINUE TSRA CHCS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE MENTION OF POSSIBLE SVR.
GIVEN THE MOIST AIR MASS ACRS THE AREA AND EXPECTED PCPN WL LEAN
TOWARD WETBULB TEMPS FOR LOWS...WHICH SHUD BE A BIT WARMER THAN
MAV/FWC.

AS FRONT SAGS S ACRS THE FA ON THURS...SFC FLOW BECOME NE-E AND WE
VACATE THE WARM SECTOR FOR THE MOMENT. GIVEN MORE CLDS EXPECTED ON
THURS WL LEAN A BIT COLDER THAN THE MAV TEMPS FOR
HIGHS...PARTICULARLY ACRS THE NRN PART OF THE FA. GOOD CONVERGENCE
WL STILL BE ON PLACE ACRS THE ARE ON THURS WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
IN THE AREA AND SMALL TSRA CHC WL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED. NO SVR
MENTION THOUGH AS CAPES WL BE MUCH LOWER AND ERLY SFC FLOW NOT AS
FAVORABLE.

THURS NIGHT AND FRI WARM FRONT LIFTS BACK NORTH AND WE ARRIVE IN THE
WARM SECTOR ONCE AGAIN. FOR THE MOMENT WL FOCUS TSRA CHCS ON THUS
NIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRI AFTERNOON WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND
APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE NW. GIVEN EXPECTED DYNAMICS...CAPES
AND TIMING OF THE SYS ON FRI AFTERNOON AND EVENING SVR STORMS STILL
POSSIBLE AT THIS POINT. WITH SOME WAA ON THURS NIGHT INTO FRI AND WL
LEAN TOWARD THE HIGHER SIDE OF MAV LOWS/HIGHS FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT/FRIDAY.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SVR TSRA WATCH 246 UNTIL 00Z FOR
NE FA.

&&

PUMA

Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 3:29 PM EST, 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
329 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-121100-
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-
329 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME OF THE
STORMS WILL CONTAIN SEVERE HAIL. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVERE
STORMS ARE GOING TO BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD AGAIN BE THE HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT DAMAGING WINDS AND ANY SIZE HAIL THAT IS
RECEIVED TONIGHT.

&&
MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE...

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

JP

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 2:48 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
248 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

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

0240 PM     HAIL             GREENTOWN               40.48N 85.96W
05/11/2005  0.75 INCH        HOWARD             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JEZ

Local storm report, May 11, 3:44 PM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
344 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

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

0342 PM     HAIL             2 E EATON               40.34N 85.32W
05/11/2005  1.75 INCH        DELAWARE           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JEO

Local storm report, May 11, 4:07 PM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
407 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

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

0355 PM     HAIL             ALBANY                  40.30N 85.23W
05/11/2005  2.50 INCH        DELAWARE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL

&&

JEO

Local storm report, May 11, 4:10 PM EST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
410 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

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

0400 PM     HAIL             10 NW MUNCIE            40.30N 85.52W
05/11/2005  1.75 INCH        DELAWARE           IN   UNKNOWN

            PING PONG TO GOLF BALL HAIL COVERING ROADWAY. TREE
            BRANCHES AND LEAVES BEING KNOCKED OFF TREES.

&&

JB

Local storm report, May 11, 4:12 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
412 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

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

0405 PM     HAIL             RUSSELLVILLE            39.86N 86.98W
05/11/2005  1.25 INCH        PUTNAM             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 INCH TO 1.25 INCH HAIL

&&

JEO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 3:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	60 min
May 11, 3:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Tipton	43 min
May 11, 3:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Putnam	38 min
May 11, 3:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery	47 min
May 11, 3:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	39 min
May 11, 3:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Tipton	35 min
May 11, 3:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	63 min
May 11, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	45 min
May 11, 4:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone	43 min
May 11, 4:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	31 min
May 11, 4:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	52 min
May 11, 4:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton	45 min
May 11, 5:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery	40 min
May 11, 5:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Madison	55 min
May 11, 5:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	38 min
May 11, 5:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	40 min
May 11, 5:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock	49 min
May 11, 5:38 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	2 hr
May 11, 5:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	62 min
May 11, 5:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	36 min
May 11, 6:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	67 min
May 11, 6:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	37 min
May 11, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock	22 min
May 11, 6:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke	27 min
May 11, 6:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	44 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.