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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 2005Henry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 5:54 PM EST for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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, 5:54 PM EST (22:54 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2005, 6:30 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henry County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 12:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 11, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2005-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 112255
SVRIND
INC065-112330-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0039.050511T2254Z-050511T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 548 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHIRLEY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF
  ANDERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHIRLEY AROUND 600 PM EST
  KENNARD AROUND 605 PM EST
  CADIZ AROUND 610 PM EST
  GREENSBORO AROUND 615 PM EST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3998 8558 3980 8559 3980 8524 4001 8524

$$

JK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 112317
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
616 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

INC065-112330-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2330Z/
HENRY-
616 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR HENRY
COUNTY...

AT 610 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MLES SOUTHEAST OF NEW 
CASTLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST
CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3998 8558 3980 8559 3980 8524 4001 8524

$$

JK
000 
WWUS53 KIND 112329
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
629 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

INC065-112339-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2330Z/
HENRY-
629 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 630 PM
EST...

SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY THEN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST
CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3998 8558 3980 8559 3980 8524 4001 8524

$$

JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison60 min
May 11, 3:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton43 min
May 11, 3:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Putnam38 min
May 11, 3:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery47 min
May 11, 3:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph39 min
May 11, 3:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Tipton35 min
May 11, 3:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam63 min
May 11, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware45 min
May 11, 4:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone43 min
May 11, 4:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison31 min
May 11, 4:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph52 min
May 11, 4:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton48 min
May 11, 4:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton45 min
May 11, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery40 min
May 11, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Madison55 min
May 11, 5:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph38 min
May 11, 5:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam40 min
May 11, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock49 min
May 11, 5:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison2 hr
May 11, 5:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison62 min
May 11, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby67 min
May 11, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks37 min
May 11, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock22 min
May 11, 6:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke27 min
May 11, 6:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan44 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.