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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 109, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2006, 7:25 PM EDT for Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2006, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2006, 8:06 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 14, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 608 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 230 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 .DISCUSSION...RADAR THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS WEAK TSRA COMPLEX FALLING APART OVR EAST CENTRAL IL AND PUSHING SE. LATEST SPC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS CIN OVER THE AREA...HAMPERING DEVELOPMENT. FURTHERMORE CI BLOWOFF FROM THE TSRA HINDERING SFC TEMP RISES AND DESTABILIZATION. SFC DEWPOINTS STILL IN THE LOWER 60S AND MOISTURE IS IN PLACE. A WEAK TROF OF LOW PRES WAS FOUND FM THE GRT LKS TO KS AND HIGH PRES WAS FOUND ACRS THE GULF COAST LEAVING A W-SW FLOW ACRS OUR AREA. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY WL BE POPS AND TIMING. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT AND WL USE A BLEND. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...NOT ALL ELEMENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR SVR WX. LITTLE AVAILABLE IN THE WAY OF UPPER SUPPORT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS EACH DAY CONTINUE TO SHOW A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS TONIGHT AND SAT WITH GOOD CAPES. NAM IS A BIT MORE UNSTABLE AND MAY BE OVERPLAYING IT A BIT. GFS SEEMS A BIT UNDERDONE. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF UPPER SUPPORT TODAY AND SATURDAY. MAIN TRIGGERS WL HAVE TO BE DAYTIME HEATING AND SFC CONVERGENCE. H10-H8 LAYER Q VECTORS SHOW GOOD CONVERGENCE ON SATURDAY. FURTHERMORE A STATIONARY BOUNDARY APPEARS TO SET UP ACRS CENTRAL INDIANA. HENCE WITH THIS AFTERNOON/S CAP SLOWLY ERODING AND WEAK SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE FAVORABLE SITUATION WL KEEP CHC MENTION FOR POPS TONIGHT AND AGAIN CHC POPS MAINLY ON SAT AFTERNOON. JET BEGINS TO COME INTO PLAY ON SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS UPPER LOW OVR THE CENTRAL PLAINS BEGINS TO PUSH TOWARD INDIANA. AT THAT TIME FAVORABLE UPPER SUPPORT ALONG WITH GOOD MOISTURE WL BE A BETTER SET UP FOR STRONGER...MORE ORGANIZED STORMS. WL LEAN TOWARD HIGHER POPS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS GIVEN THE LITTLE CHANGE IN AIRMASS AND PERSISTENCE MAV LOWS SEEM A BIT TOO COLD...SO WL LEAN A BIT WARMER HERE. WL ALSO LEAN A BIT WARMER ON HIGHS...TOWARD PERSISTENCE. .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SVR TSTM WATCH WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 20Z. && PUMA
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 3:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 327 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-151930- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 217 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006 /317 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS POSSIBLE: LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS LIGHTNING AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION: SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD AND VERY STRONG STORMS WILL BE GREATER ON SUNDAY. AFTER THAT...THERE WILL BE CHANCE OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT THEY ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. LIGHTNING IS A HAZARD WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) PUMA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 14, 7:13 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
713 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL GREENFIELD 39.79N 85.77W
04/14/2006 E1.00 INCH HANCOCK IN AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN GREENFIELD
&&
PBGLocal storm report, Apr 14, 7:15 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0712 PM FUNNEL CLOUD INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
04/14/2006 MARION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD AT 71ST AND GEORGETOWN
&&
PBGLocal storm report, Apr 14, 7:16 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
716 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0709 PM HAIL INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
04/14/2006 E1.00 INCH MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 79TH AND ALLISONVILLE ROAD
&&
PBGLocal storm report, Apr 14, 7:18 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
718 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM HAIL 4 NE BROWNSBURG 39.88N 86.34W
04/14/2006 E1.00 INCH HENDRICKS IN AMATEUR RADIO
QUARTER SIZE HAIL 4 NE OF BROWNSBURG
&&
PBGLocal storm report, Apr 14, 7:19 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
719 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0704 PM HAIL INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
04/14/2006 E1.00 INCH MARION IN BROADCAST MEDIA
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 71ST AND SHADELAND
&&
PBGLocal storm report, Apr 14, 7:24 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
724 PM EDT FRI APR 14 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0722 PM HAIL 2 N GREENFIELD 39.82N 85.77W
04/14/2006 E2.75 INCH HANCOCK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEMI TRUCK WINDSHIELD BROKEN BY BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
&&
PBGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 2:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 3:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 4:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 4:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 7:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Marion, Rush | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Henry | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 14, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.