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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 2005Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2005, 1:43 PM EST for Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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 13, 2005, 1:43 PM EST (18:43 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2005, 2:22 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Johnson County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 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 13, 12:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 131843
SVRIND
INC081-145-131930-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0055.050513T1843Z-050513T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
143 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE

* UNTIL 230 PM EST

* AT 139 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRAFALGAR...OR
  ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW WHITELAND AROUND 150 PM EST
  FAIRLAND AROUND 205 PM EST
  MORRISTOWN AROUND 220 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 3940 8627 3935 8595 3941 8570 3967 8562
      3971 8582 3959 8604 3958 8626

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 131900
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
200 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

INC081-145-131930-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050513T1930Z/
JOHNSON-SHELBY-
200 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM EST FOR
JOHNSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 157 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MORRISTOWN AROUND 210 PM EST

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3940 8627 3935 8595 3941 8570 3967 8562
      3971 8582 3959 8604 3958 8626

$$

PUMA

000 
WWUS53 KIND 131922
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
221 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

INC081-145-131931-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050513T1930Z/
JOHNSON-SHELBY-
221 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JOHNSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3940 8627 3935 8595 3941 8570 3967 8562
      3971 8582 3959 8604 3958 8626

$$

PUMA

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 13, 3:45 AM EST, 9 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:45 AM EST, 9 hours 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
345 AM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...MANY CONCERNS THIS FCST INCLUDING SVR WX...TODAY AND
TNGT...TSTM CHANCES ON SATURDAY AND TEMPS THROUGH MANY OF THE
PERIODS.

WX CALM ACRS THE CNTRL INDIANA FOR NOW WITH MAINLY JUST CI STARTING
TO SPREAD E ACRS THE NRN AND WRN FA. NATIONAL/REGIONAL LOOP WAS
SHOWING LG AREA OF RWS/TRWS EXTENDING FM NRN WI TO NRN IL TO WRN
OK AHEAD OF VIGOROUS UPR LOW ACRS THE DAKOTAS...SHORT WAVE ACRS THE
OK PANHANDLE AND INVOF OF A FRONTAL SYS. AT 06Z...THE WARM FNT
EXTENDED FM THE SFC LOW ACRS WRN IA TO NERN TN...AND THE CD FNT
EXTENDED FM THE LOW SW ACRS KS.

WL GO WITH THE NAM IN THE FIRST SEVERAL PERIODS AS 00Z NAM 6 HOUR
QPF AND SFC PROGS WERE FAR SUPERIOR TO THE GFS. WARM TO LIFT QUICKLY
NE ACRS THE FA AND INTO SRN LWR MI THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE BULK
OF THE TSTM ACTIVITY THIS AFTERNOON AND TNGT PER THE NAM. STG
INSTABILITY WL DVLP AS THE WARM SECTOR MOVES IN. MODELS PRODUCE
CAPES OF 1500-2500 J/KG BY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH DECENT ALBEIT
NOT INCREDIBLE WIND SHEAR (1000-700 MB SPEED SHEAR AROUND 30 KTS
WITH 30 DEGREES OF VEERING WITH HEIGHT). FA WL ALSO BE IN RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION OF 100 KT 250 MB JET ACRS THE UPR GT LKS. IN
ADDITION...MODELS SPREAD 1.50 PRECIP H20 ACRS THE FA THIS AFTERNOON
AND TNGT. SO...IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY
RN COULD BE A THREAT. COULD ALSO BE A FEW TORNADOES THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING ESP N OF A HUF-IND-MIE LINE IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO
STRONGER SHEAR AND 35-40 KT LOW LVL JET. IN KEEPING WITH NAMS
QPF...WL GO WITH CHC POPS THIS MRNG WITH LIKELY POPS N AND W THIS
AFTERNOON. THE CD FNT APPROACHES KLAF BY 12Z SAT WITH PLNTY OF TSTMS
EXPECTED ACRS THE ENTIRE FA TNGT. WENT WITH OCCASIONAL POPS
EVERYWHERE. MORE RWS/TRWS ON SAT ESP S AND E AND ESP IN THE MRNG.
KEEP A SLGT CHC OF RWS IN ON SAT NGT AHEAD OF VORTEX DROPPING SE
OUT OF CNTRL CANADA.

WITH DECENT WAA AND SOME SS...PREFER WARMER FWC TODAY. MOS PRETTY
CLOSE TNGT AND APPEARS TO HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA OF KEEPING TEMPS UP
WITH FROPA NOT COMING UNTIL SAT MRNG. CLDS WL BE SLOW TO BREAK UP ON
SATURDAY...AND WITH FNT MOVING THROUGH...PREFER COOLER MET/GFS.

&&

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

&&

KOCH

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 12:50 PM EST, 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1250 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-141100-
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-
1250 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8PM EST...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.  THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO
IS ALSO POSSIBLE. A SQUALL LINE WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING WHICH
MAY PRODUCE MORE DANGEROUS WEATHER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.  THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER THIS EVENING.

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

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 1:30 PM EST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
130 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

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

0105 PM     TSTM WND DMG     15 SE BLOOMINGTON       39.01N 86.32W
05/13/2005                   JACKSON            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER LINES DOWNED AT SOUTH END OF LAKE MONROE.

&&

DRT

Local storm report, May 13, 1:32 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
132 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

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

0120 PM     HAIL             4 NE MARTINSVILLE       39.46N 86.37W
05/13/2005  0.50 INCH        MORGAN             IN   AIRPLANE PILOT

&&

DTUCEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 12:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	39 min
May 13, 1:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Martin	41 min
May 13, 1:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan	25 min
May 13, 2:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	50 min
May 13, 2:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Jennings	45 min
May 13, 2:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	22 min
May 13, 2:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan, Putnam	40 min
May 13, 2:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin	38 min
May 13, 3:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	43 min
May 13, 3:05 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Knox	55 min
May 13, 3:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	30 min
May 13, 3:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	31 min
May 13, 5:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll	14 min
May 13, 5:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	37 min
May 13, 6:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	38 min
May 13, 6:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	40 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.