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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 7:09 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 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, 7:09 PM EST (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 7:28 PM EST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 120009 RRA SVRIND INC031-139-120100- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0046.050512T0009Z-050512T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 709 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 800 PM EST * AT 659 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF RUSHVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY AROUND 720 PM EST LAT...LON 3963 8546 3946 8553 3934 8531 3958 8532 $$ JK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 120028 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 728 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005 INC031-139-120038- /O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-050512T0100Z/ DECATUR-RUSH- 728 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVED MOVED OUT OF THESE COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 3963 8546 3946 8553 3934 8531 3958 8532 $$ 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, 4 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 2:30 PM EST, 4 hours 39 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, 3 hours 40 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, 6:23 PM EST, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
623 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0619 PM HAIL 1 W STILESVILLE 39.64N 86.65W
05/11/2005 1.00 INCH HENDRICKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JBLocal storm report, May 11, 6:27 PM EST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
627 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0622 PM HAIL 1 W SUMMITVILLE 40.34N 85.66W
05/11/2005 0.75 INCH MADISON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0624 PM HAIL 1 E LEWISVILLE 39.81N 85.33W
05/11/2005 0.88 INCH HENRY IN AMATEUR RADIO
&&
JBLocal storm report, May 11, 6:33 PM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
633 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W DANVILLE 39.76N 86.61W
05/11/2005 HENDRICKS IN AMATEUR RADIO
2 INCH LIVE TREE BRANCH DOWN
&&
JBLocal storm report, May 11, 6:37 PM EST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
637 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0635 PM HAIL 1 E BAINBRIDGE 39.76N 86.79W
05/11/2005 1.00 INCH PUTNAM IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JBLocal storm report, May 11, 7:02 PM EST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
702 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0658 PM HAIL 3 W MOORESVILLE 39.62N 86.43W
05/11/2005 0.75 INCH MORGAN IN AMATEUR RADIO
&&
JBLocal storm report, May 11, 7:08 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
708 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0707 PM HAIL 3 S LAKE HART 39.53N 86.43W
05/11/2005 1.00 INCH MORGAN IN AMATEUR RADIO
&&
JBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 17 min |
| May 11, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 16 min |
| May 11, 7:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 55 min |
| May 11, 8:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 11, 9:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 43 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.