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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 20057 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2005, 7:35 PM EST for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 58 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, 7:35 PM EST (00:35 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2005, 8:33 PM EST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 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 140038
SVRIND
INC021-063-107-121-133-153-167-140130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0069.050514T0035Z-050514T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TERRE HAUTE

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 731 PM EST(731 PM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JAMESTOWN TO 16 MILES WEST OF
  SHELBURN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  JAMESTOWN AROUND 740 PM EST
  STAUNTON AROUND 745 PM EST
  RILEY AROUND 750 PM EST
  LIZTON AROUND 755 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.

WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF ANY RAIN OR
LIGHTNING. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3994 8676 3956 8735 3945 8752 3937 8752
      3922 8756 3915 8762 3910 8744 3960 8682
      3990 8647

$$

JB

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 140120
SVSIND

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

INC021-063-107-121-133-153-167-140130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-050514T0130Z/
CLAY-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-SULLIVAN-VIGO-
820 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR
NORTHERN SULLIVAN...NORTHERN CLAY...VIGO...PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN
HENDRICKS...SOUTHEASTERN PARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...

AT 816 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LIZTON TO CENTER POINT TO SHELBURN...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 20 MILES EAST
OF TERRE HAUTE TO 22 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY AROUND 830 PM EST

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3994 8676 3956 8735 3945 8752 3937 8752
      3922 8756 3915 8762 3910 8744 3960 8682
      3990 8647

$$

JB

000 
WWUS53 KIND 140133
SVSIND

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

INC021-063-107-121-133-153-167-140143-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-050514T0130Z/
CLAY-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-SULLIVAN-VIGO-
833 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SULLIVAN...NORTHERN
CLAY...VIGO...PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS...SOUTHEASTERN PARKE 
AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3994 8676 3956 8735 3945 8752 3937 8752
      3922 8756 3915 8762 3910 8744 3960 8682
      3990 8647

$$

JB

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, 2:05 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:05 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
205 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS TODAY WILL BE ON TIMING THE EXIT OF
CURRENT SYSTEM AFFECTING THE CWA.

UPPER RIDGE MOVING EAST AS TROF OVER THE ROCKIES AT 12Z DEEPENS AND
MOVES EAST.  SFC WMFNT HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE IND CWA CAUSING RAPID
DESTABILIZATION AND SCT TSRA TO FORM.  CDFNT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER
SYSTEM IS STILL WELL TO THE WEST OF THE CWA.  AS FRONT GETS CLOSER
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CAN BE EXPECTED.  PER PMDHMD REASONING HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE GFS
THIS AFTN.

CDFNT WILL PASS THROUGH THE CWA AROUND 12Z TOMORROW AS SFC LOW
CENTER MOVES TO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO BY 18Z.  SHOWERS MAY LINGER UNTIL
THE EVENING BUT CLEARING LINE IS WELL DEFINED AND WILL DROP POPS TO
SCHC AFT 00Z.

FEW MINOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED.
&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #267
UNTIL 01Z ENTIRE CWA.

&&

SALLY

Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 12:50 PM EST, 6 hours 45 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, 5:47 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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

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

0542 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 NW NOBLESVILLE        40.14N 86.14W
05/13/2005  60 MPH           HAMILTON           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE LIMB DAMAGE ALSO APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NORTH OF
            SR38.

&&

DTUCEK

Special weather statement, May 13, 5:47 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
547 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-140100-
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-
545 PM EST FRI MAY 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
INDIANA THROUGH 800 PM EST.

AT 540 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 TO
20 MILES WEST OF KOKOMO AND ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE GREATEST THREAT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. ELSEWHERE THERE MAY
BE A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER SEVERE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT STARTS TO
MOVE INTO OUR STATE.

PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

JEH

Local storm report, May 13, 6:12 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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

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

0607 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 W COVINGTON           40.14N 87.43W
05/13/2005  60 MPH           VERMILLION         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, May 13, 7:11 PM EST, 24 minutes before

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

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

0707 PM     TSTM WND GST     LINDEN                  40.19N 86.90W
05/13/2005  60 MPH           MONTGOMERY         IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            ALSO PEA SIZE HAIL.

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, May 13, 7:24 PM EST, 11 minutes before

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

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

0721 PM     HAIL             9 SE LAFAYETTE          40.32N 86.75W
05/13/2005  0.50 INCH        TIPPECANOE         IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTED AT US52 AND SR28.

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, May 13, 7:33 PM EST, 2 minutes before

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

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

0725 PM     HAIL             6 W FRANKFORT           40.28N 86.62W
05/13/2005  0.50 INCH        CLINTON            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0728 PM     HAIL             FRANKFORT               40.28N 86.51W
05/13/2005  0.75 INCH        CLINTON            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DTUCEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 7:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo	40 min
May 13, 7:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	48 min
May 13, 7:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	52 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.