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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 2005Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2005, 7:50 PM EST for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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, 7:50 PM EST (00:50 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2005, 8:45 PM EST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Johnson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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.

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, 0.8 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 120050
SVRIND
INC081-120145-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0049.050512T0050Z-050512T0145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 744 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BARGERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 22
  MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARGERSVILLE AROUND 800 PM EST
  TRAFALGAR AROUND 805 PM EST
  WHITELAND AROUND 810 PM EST
  FRANKLIN AROUND 820 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 3957 8625 3939 8625 3938 8597 3957 8597

$$

JK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 120115
SVSIND

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

INC081-120145-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050512T0145Z/
JOHNSON-
815 PM EST WED MAY 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR
CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTY...

AT 811 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRAFALGAR...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AROUND 830 PM EST

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

LAT...LON 3957 8625 3939 8625 3938 8597 3957 8597

$$

JB

The 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, 7:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	19 min
May 11, 7:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	49 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.