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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 2006Johnson County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2006, 3:18 PM EDT for Johnson County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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: May 25, 2006, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2006, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Johnson County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 3:26 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	5 W Shelbyville, IN	SR44 AND 500 WEST
May 25, 3:38 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Shelbyville, IN
May 25, 4:03 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	11 Sw Rushville, IN	900W AND 1050S
May 25, 4:09 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	3 S Rushville, IN

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 42 minutes after it went out.

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 25, 2:34 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 262 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 251918
SVRIND
INC081-139-145-252000-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0167.060525T1918Z-060525T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
318 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 316 PM EDT...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 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHELBYVILLE AROUND 330 PM EDT...
  RUSHVILLE AROUND 400 PM EDT...

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 3951 8605 3935 8595 3946 8560 3947 8529
      3978 8539

$$

JEH

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 251939
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
339 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

INC081-251949-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-060525T2000Z/
JOHNSON-
339 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

LAT...LON 3955 8587 3939 8579 3946 8560 3947 8529
      3978 8539

$$

INC139-145-252000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-060525T2000Z/
RUSH-SHELBY-
339 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN SHELBY AND RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSHVILLE AROUND 400 PM EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3955 8587 3939 8579 3946 8560 3947 8529
      3978 8539

$$

JK

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 25, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
135 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

.AVIATION...18Z -18Z TAFS
FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE WITH TIMING THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE SHORT TERM.  BASED ON SPC MESO DISCUSSION HAVE TIMED TSRA INTO
EACH SITE ANYWHERE FROM 20Z TO 00Z.  SOME SHOWERS ALREADY SHOWING UP
ON 88D AND SAT PICS SHOW CBS SCT AROUND THE TERMINAL SITES.  HAVE
INDICATED AS SUCH IN THE TAFS. KEPT WINDSPEEDS UP AFTER FROPA AS
GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT.

AFTER H5 LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST LLVL MOISTURE WL RMN IN PLACE
THRU THE TAF PD.  WENT WITH SOME 4-5SM FOG AFTER THE TSRA PASSES AND
CONTINUED THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD.

&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS FCST WL BE SVR WEATHER TNGT
AS STG SHEAR AND VERY UNSTABLE ATMS IN PLACE AHEAD OF APRCHG CD FNT
THAT STRETCHED FM ERN WI TO NWRN IL AND NRN MO AT 16Z. VSBL SAT LOOP
WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SC EXTENDING FM AROUND IWX TO JUST NE OF
VINCENNES WITH THE WIDESPREAD SC DECK ACRS THE UPR MIDWEST INVOF AN
UPR LOW ACRS ERN WI.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON SLIDING A S/W ON THE SRN PERIPHERY OF
THE UPR LOW E ACRS THE FA THIS EVE ALONG WITH THE ILL-DEFINED SFC CD
FNT. MODELS WERE ALL SHOWING NICE ELONGATED UVM FIELD ACRS THE FA
THIS EVE. MEANWHILE...35 MPH SFC-700 MB SHEAR MAGNITUDE IN PLACE
ALONG WITH CAPES TO 3500 J/KG. AS A RESULT...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER ACRS THE SERN HALF OF THE IND CWA. LITTLE TO NO CIN AND
LIFTING MECHANISMS SHOULD ALLOW NUMEROUS TRWS TO DVLP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVE. BULK OF THE PRECIP SHOULD BE OVER TNGT
AND COMPLETELY ENDING BY NOON TOMORROW. CU RULE DEVELOPMENT PROGS
INDICATING BKN CU ON FRI. OTHERWISE...THE WEEKEND IS EPECTED TO BE
DRY WITH TEMPS WARMING WELL INTO THE 80S AS HIGH PRES SETTLES IN.

MOS TEMPS CLOSE AND APPEAR REASONABLE BASED ON CURRENT UPSTREAM
TEMPS...LOW LVL THERMAL PROGS AND EXPECTED CLD CVR.

&&

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

AVIATION...SALLY
PUBLIC...KOCH

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 11:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1132 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-261000-
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-
1032 AM CDT THU MAY 25 2006 /1132 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT..

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)

KOCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 11:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1122 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TERRE HAUTE             39.47N 87.38W
05/24/2006                   VIGO               IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            AT US 40 AND 9TH STREET, DOWNTOWN BUILDING WITH WINDOWS
            BLOWN OUT. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS AT 65-75 MPH.

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TERRE HAUTE             39.47N 87.38W
05/24/2006                   VIGO               IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN OVER CITY STREETS WITH POWER OUTAGES
            REPORTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TERRE HAUTE.

0730 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SW TERRE HAUTE        39.42N 87.45W
05/24/2006  E60.00 MPH       VIGO               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GUST ESTIMATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF 70 ON STATE ROAD 63.

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WSW TERRE HAUTE       39.45N 87.45W
05/24/2006                   VIGO               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DARWIN ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FALLEN POWER LINES.

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TERRE HAUTE             39.47N 87.38W
05/24/2006                   VIGO               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            HEALTHY 6 INCH TREE DOWN AT 16TH AND LUCUS.

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 SE CENTER POINT       39.36N 87.01W
05/24/2006                   CLAY               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN IN BOWLING GREEN

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLAY CITY               39.28N 87.11W
05/24/2006                   CLAY               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 N BICKNELL            38.88N 87.31W
05/24/2006                   KNOX               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

0806 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TERRE HAUTE             39.47N 87.38W
05/24/2006                   VIGO               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ON 2ND FLOOR OF BUILDING AT US 40 AND
            9TH STREET.

0815 PM     HAIL             7 SE GREENCASTLE        39.57N 86.75W
05/24/2006  E0.75 INCH       PUTNAM             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0837 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N VINCENNES           38.71N 87.51W
05/24/2006  M55.00 MPH       KNOX               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            MEASURED ON HWY 41

0839 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N VINCENNES           38.71N 87.51W
05/24/2006  E54.00 MPH       KNOX               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            GUST REPORTED ON HWY 41.

0845 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 S PARAGON             39.35N 86.56W
05/24/2006  M35.00 MPH       MORGAN             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OAKTOWN                 38.87N 87.44W
05/24/2006                   KNOX               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEMI-TRUCK BLOWN OVER

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S OAKTOWN             38.84N 87.44W
05/24/2006                   KNOX               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE FELL ON TRAILER.

0848 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 SSE PLAINFIELD        39.63N 86.35W
05/24/2006  E60.00 MPH       HENDRICKS          IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0850 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 N BICKNELL            38.86N 87.31W
05/24/2006                   KNOX               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN FREELANDVILLE

0850 PM     TSTM WND DMG     VINCENNES               38.68N 87.51W
05/24/2006                   KNOX               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY

0855 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S CARLISLE            38.93N 87.40W
05/24/2006                   SULLIVAN           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN

0915 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 SE BLOOMFIELD         38.95N 86.84W
05/24/2006                   GREENE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE BRANCHES OFF OF LARGE TREE BLOWN ON TO DIRT ROAD

0915 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ODON                    38.84N 86.99W
05/24/2006                   DAVIESS            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN

0920 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N LOOGOOTEE           38.75N 86.91W
05/24/2006                   MARTIN             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN OFF OF HIGHWAY 231

0920 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N LOOGOOTEE           38.75N 86.91W
05/24/2006                   MARTIN             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN OFF OF HIGHWAY 231

0920 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 N LOOGOOTEE           38.75N 86.91W
05/24/2006                   MARTIN             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN OFF OF HIGHWAY 231

0945 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BEDFORD                 38.86N 86.49W
05/24/2006                   LAWRENCE           IN   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            SEVERAL TREES REPORTED DOWN THROUGHOUT LAWRENCE COUNTY

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N LOOGOOTEE           38.75N 86.91W
05/24/2006                   MARTIN             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN OFF OF HIGHWAY 231

&&

JHENDRIC

Local storm report, May 25, 12:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1259 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

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

0918 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 SE ODON               38.82N 86.96W
05/24/2006  M60 MPH          DAVIESS            IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FROM WTHI TERRE HAUTE

&&

BROOKS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	41 min
May 24, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	52 min
May 24, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	27 min
May 24, 8:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene	48 min
May 24, 9:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Martin	31 min
May 24, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	33 min
May 25, 3:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	44 min
May 25, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	47 min
May 25, 3:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan	48 min
May 25, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	47 min
May 25, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson	39 min
May 25, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	48 min
May 25, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	16 min
May 25, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	41 min
May 25, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	42 min
May 25, 4:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	39 min
May 25, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	38 min
May 25, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	49 min
May 25, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	45 min
May 25, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	51 min
May 25, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	23 min
May 25, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	34 min
May 25, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Tipton	46 min
May 25, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	30 min
May 25, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	21 min
May 25, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	27 min
May 25, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Shelby	39 min
May 25, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Putnam and 1 more	55 min
May 25, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	38 min
May 25, 6:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	37 min
May 25, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry	17 min
May 25, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	17 min
May 25, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	34 min
May 25, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	35 min
May 25, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen	26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.