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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 16, 2006Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2006, 8:07 PM EST for Boone County, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2006, 8:07 PM EST (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2006, 8:45 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 16, 8:30 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 60Whitestown, IN
Feb 16, 8:40 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Arcadia, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 4:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2006-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -134 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
89 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 170108
SVRIND
INC011-057-170145-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0013.060217T0107Z-060217T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
807 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 803 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTH OF WHITESTOWN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHERIDAN AROUND 815 PM EST...
  NOBLESVILLE AROUND 820 PM EST...
  ARCADIA AROUND 825 PM EST...
  ATLANTA AROUND 830 PM EST...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4018 8644 3998 8636 4006 8590 4023 8590
      4023 8621 4019 8629

$$

CO
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 170120
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
820 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

INC011-057-170145-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060217T0145Z/
BOONE-HAMILTON-
820 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN BOONE AND NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 816 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SHERIDAN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ATLANTA AROUND 825 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4018 8644 3998 8636 4006 8590 4023 8589
      4023 8621 4019 8629

$$

CO
000 
WWUS53 KIND 170135 RRA
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
836 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

INC011-057-170145-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060217T0145Z/
BOONE-HAMILTON-
836 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN BOONE AND NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 834 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF
KOKOMO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4018 8644 3998 8636 4006 8590 4023 8589
      4023 8621 4019 8629

$$

CO
000 
WWUS53 KIND 170149
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
849 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

INC011-057-170159-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060217T0145Z/
BOONE-HAMILTON-
849 PM EST THU FEB 16 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BOONE AND
NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 845 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4018 8644 3998 8636 4006 8590 4023 8589
      4023 8621 4019 8629

$$

CO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard28 min
Feb 16, 7:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo46 min
Feb 16, 7:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam45 min
Feb 16, 7:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Sullivan, Vigo40 min
Feb 16, 8:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Putnam33 min
Feb 16, 8:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen34 min
Feb 16, 8:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox33 min
Feb 16, 8:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion48 min
Feb 16, 8:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene46 min
Feb 16, 8:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam12 min
Feb 16, 8:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison34 min
Feb 16, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen30 min
Feb 16, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin37 min
Feb 16, 9:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Rush, Shelby32 min
Feb 16, 9:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Lawrence, Monroe27 min
Feb 16, 9:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence39 min
Feb 16, 9:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush, Shelby37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.