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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 22, 2005Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 4:14 PM EST for Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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: Apr 22, 2005, 4:14 PM EST (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 5:00 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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
Apr 22, 1:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 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 222114
SVRIND
INC071-079-222200-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0008.050422T2114Z-050422T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
414 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 500 PM EST

* AT 412 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH VERNON...OR 
  NEAR SEYMOUR...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH VERNON AROUND 430 PM EST
  VERNON AROUND 435 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 3904 8583 3879 8586 3883 8566 3893 8546
      3916 8547

$$
DRT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 222124
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
424 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

INC071-079-222200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050422T2200Z/
JACKSON-JENNINGS-
424 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND JENNINGS COUNTIES...

AT 421 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH VERNON...OR ABOUT 
7 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH VERNON AROUND 430 PM EST
  VERNON AROUND 435 PM EST

LAT...LON 3904 8583 3879 8586 3883 8566 3893 8546
      3916 8547

$$
DRT

000 
WWUS53 KIND 222142
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
442 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

INC071-222152-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050422T2200Z/
JACKSON-
442 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3909 8580 3881 8579 3883 8566 3893 8546
      3916 8547

$$

INC079-222200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050422T2200Z/
JENNINGS-
442 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR
JENNINGS COUNTY...

AT 439 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VERNON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF
SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VERNON AROUND 440 PM EST

LAT...LON 3909 8580 3881 8579 3883 8566 3893 8546
      3916 8547

$$
DRT

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 Apr 22, 3:40 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 3:40 PM EST, 34 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
340 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA ON
SATURDAY. MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR IS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH MUCH
COLDER AIR BEHIND IT.

MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE ETA HAS THE LOW
JUMPING FROM ILL TO OH IN 12 HOURS. THE GFS HAS A MUCH MORE
REASONABLE SLOWER MOVEMENT. GOOD WIND AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR OVER
AREA THIS EVENING. LIFTED INDEXES BETTER THEN -4 ALONG WITH A CAPE
AROUND 1200. SEVER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET.

STRONG AND COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO INDIANA ON SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY. GROUND TEMPERATURES AREA IN
THE 50S. THIS WILL INHIBIT SNOW ACCUMULATION. 1 TO 2 INCHES IS
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH WITH 1 INCH OR LESS IN THE CENTRAL SECTIONS.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CENTRAL
AND SOUTH THIS EVENING.

FREEZE WATCH FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

HAINES

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:02 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
302 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

INZ035>037-039-040-043>048-051>057-060>065-067>072-231100-
BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-CLAY-DAVIESS-DECATUR-FOUNTAIN-GREENE-
HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-JACKSON-JENNINGS-JOHNSON-KNOX-LAWRENCE-
MADISON-MARION-MARTIN-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM-
RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN-VERMILLION-VIGO-
302 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM TONIGHT...
...FREEZE WATCH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA LATER TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE
INTENSITY WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND
WINDS WILL BE THE MOST LIKELY TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF RAIN ON SATURDAY. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW. ONE INCH OR LESS ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY NIGHT
THEY WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT THEN
AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED FRIDAY EVENING.

INZ021-028>031-038-041-042-049-231100-
CARROLL-CLINTON-DELAWARE-HENRY-HOWARD-RANDOLPH-TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-
WARREN-
302 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

...FREEZE WATCH SATURDAY NIGHT...

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. A FEW OF THESE MAY BE STRONG BUT
SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE WEATHER LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF RAIN ON SATURDAY. THE RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW
IN THE NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT.
ONE TO TWO INCH ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT
THEY WILL FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT THEN
AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.
THEY SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCES FOR THE INFORMATION
ON THIS SYSTEM.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 3:22 PM EST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
322 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

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

0315 PM     HAIL             MITCHELL                38.74N 86.48W
04/22/2005  0.75 INCH        LAWRENCE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CP

Local storm report, Apr 22, 3:49 PM EST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
349 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

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

0340 PM     HAIL             4 NE MEDORA             38.87N 86.12W
04/22/2005  0.75 INCH        JACKSON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            US 50 AND 135

0339 PM     HAIL             MOORESVILLE             39.62N 86.37W
04/22/2005  0.25 INCH        MORGAN             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0342 PM     HAIL             3 S PARAGON             39.35N 86.56W
04/22/2005  0.25 INCH        MORGAN             IN   AIRPLANE PILOT

&&

CP

Local storm report, Apr 22, 3:59 PM EST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
359 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

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

0350 PM     HAIL             1 NE MOORESVILLE        39.63N 86.36W
04/22/2005  0.88 INCH        MORGAN             IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

0355 PM     HAIL             5 SW INDIANAPOLIS       39.73N 86.21W
04/22/2005  0.75 INCH        MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0349 PM     HAIL             MOORESVILLE             39.62N 86.37W
04/22/2005  0.75 INCH        MORGAN             IN   PUBLIC

&&

CP

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:06 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
406 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

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

0356 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E VINCENNES           38.68N 87.46W
04/22/2005  58 MPH           KNOX               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWERLINES DOWN

0358 PM     HAIL             5 SW INDIANAPOLIS       39.73N 86.21W
04/22/2005  1.00 INCH        MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0359 PM     HAIL             10 SW SEYMOUR           38.86N 86.02W
04/22/2005  1.00 INCH        JACKSON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0400 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E VINCENNES           38.68N 87.46W
04/22/2005  68 MPH           KNOX               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0403 PM     HAIL             5 S INDIANAPOLIS        39.70N 86.15W
04/22/2005  0.75 INCH        MARION             IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

CP

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:10 PM EST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
410 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

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

0403 PM     HAIL             9 NE MOORESVILLE        39.71N 86.25W
04/22/2005  1.00 INCH        MARION             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CP

Local storm report, Apr 22, 4:12 PM EST, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
412 PM EST FRI APR 22 2005

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

0408 PM     HAIL             1 S INDIANAPOLIS        39.76N 86.15W
04/22/2005  0.75 INCH        MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 3:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	41 min
Apr 22, 3:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	50 min
Apr 22, 3:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	47 min
Apr 22, 3:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion	25 min
Apr 22, 4:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion	34 min
Apr 22, 4:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	39 min
Apr 22, 4:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	50 min
Apr 22, 4:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Martin	26 min
Apr 22, 4:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	51 min
Apr 22, 5:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	45 min
Apr 22, 5:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	44 min
Apr 22, 5:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	26 min
Apr 22, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	45 min
Apr 22, 5:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	46 min
Apr 22, 5:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	42 min
Apr 22, 5:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	33 min
Apr 22, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	45 min
Apr 22, 5:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	29 min
Apr 22, 6:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam	44 min
Apr 22, 6:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.