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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20067 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2006, 5:20 PM EDT for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 55 min. 3 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, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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, 5:27 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 W Brownsburg, IN
May 25, 5:42 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elwood, IN	SEVERAL 3-4 FOOT DIAMETER HEALTHY TREES UPROOTED
May 25, 5:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 E Frankton, IN	TREES DOWN

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 22 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 252121
SVRIND
INC011-057-063-095-097-133-159-252215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0185.060525T2120Z-060525T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  SHERIDAN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ELWOOD AROUND 525 PM EDT...
  FRANKTON AROUND 530 PM EDT...
  ALEXANDRIA AROUND 535 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.

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 4021 8628 3978 8683 3963 8648 4028 8557
      4038 8601

$$

JK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 252156
SVSIND

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

INC011-063-133-159-252205-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-060525T2215Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-PUTNAM-TIPTON-
555 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PUTNAM...HENDRICKS...BOONE AND
TIPTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4021 8625 4002 8627 3981 8628 4028 8557
      4021 8603

$$

INC057-095-097-252215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-060525T2215Z/
HAMILTON-MADISON-MARION-
555 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MARION...HAMILTON AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES...

AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALEXANDRIA AROUND 600 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4021 8625 4002 8627 3981 8628 4028 8557
      4021 8603

$$

JK

000 
WWUS53 KIND 252208
SVSIND

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

INC057-095-097-252218-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0185.000000T0000Z-060525T2215Z/
HAMILTON-MADISON-MARION-
608 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MARION...
HAMILTON AND CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 615 PM EDT...

STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA.

LAT...LON 4021 8625 4002 8627 3981 8628 4028 8557
      4021 8603

$$
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, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 1:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 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, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
409 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-262015-
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-
309 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2006 /409 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
THROUGH THE EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE
STORMS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

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

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING.

&&

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, 4:48 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

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

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

0440 PM     HAIL             12 SE BLOOMFIELD        38.90N 86.78W
05/25/2006  E0.50 INCH       GREENE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0443 PM     HAIL             4 E VEEDERSBURG         40.11N 87.18W
05/25/2006  E0.25 INCH       FOUNTAIN           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, May 25, 4:55 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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

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

0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 E ATTICA              40.29N 87.09W
05/25/2006                   TIPPECANOE         IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN NEAR ODELL

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, May 25, 4:59 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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

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

0452 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARTINSVILLE            39.42N 86.42W
05/25/2006                   MORGAN             IN   PUBLIC

            3 FT TREE UPROOTED AT BURTON LN. AND SR 37

0453 PM     HAIL             7 E FRANKFORT           40.28N 86.38W
05/25/2006  E0.88 INCH       CLINTON            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            700N AND 300E

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, May 25, 5:02 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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

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

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E KENNARD             39.90N 85.46W
05/25/2006                   HENRY              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 FT DIAMETER TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN NEAR 400W AND 200S

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, May 25, 5:07 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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

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

0502 PM     HAIL             3 W BRAZIL              39.52N 87.18W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

SMITH

Local storm report, May 25, 5:12 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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

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

0503 PM     HAIL             BRAZIL                  39.52N 87.12W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0501 PM     HAIL             BRAZIL                  39.52N 87.12W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0500 PM     HAIL             BRAZIL                  39.52N 87.12W
05/25/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LASTED 5 MINUTES AND COVERED GROUND

&&

SMITH

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, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Rush, Shelby	42 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, 5:37 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.