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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 2, 2006Clay County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 2, 2006, 1:06 PM EST for Clay County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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: Jan 2, 2006, 1:06 PM EST (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Jan 2, 2006, 1:45 PM EST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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
Jan 2, 12:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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: 775 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 021806
SVRIND
INC021-119-021845-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0002.060102T1806Z-060102T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
106 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 145 PM EST

* AT 106 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAY CITY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CENTER POINT AROUND 115 PM EST
  SPENCER AROUND 130 PM EST

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. 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 3925 8728 3917 8715 3928 8673 3946 8690
      3945 8710

$$

JB

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 021813
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
113 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

INC021-119-021845-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060102T1845Z/
CLAY-OWEN-
113 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST
FOR OWEN AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 110 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAY CITY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPENCER AROUND 130 PM EST

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3925 8728 3917 8715 3928 8673 3946 8690
      3945 8710

$$

OGREN

000 
WWUS53 KIND 021825
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
125 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

INC021-119-021845-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060102T1845Z/
CLAY-OWEN-
125 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST
FOR OWEN AND EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 124 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF CENTER POINT...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPENCER AROUND 140 PM EST

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3925 8708 3917 8706 3928 8673 3946 8690
      3945 8710

$$

OGREN

000 
WWUS53 KIND 021839
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

INC021-021849-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060102T1845Z/
CLAY-
139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3934 8696 3935 8695 3946 8695 3946 8690
      3936 8680 3928 8674 3918 8705 3919 8706
      3934 8706

$$

INC119-021845-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060102T1845Z/
OWEN-
139 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST
FOR OWEN COUNTY...

AT 137 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
SPENCER...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPENCER AROUND 145 PM EST

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3934 8696 3935 8695 3946 8695 3946 8690
      3936 8680 3928 8674 3918 8705 3919 8706
      3934 8706

$$

OGREN

000 
WWUS53 KIND 021843
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
143 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

INC119-021853-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060102T1845Z/
OWEN-
143 PM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OWEN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 PM
EST...

THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PEA TO ONE HALF INCH HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3934 8696 3935 8695 3946 8695 3946 8690
      3936 8680 3928 8674 3918 8705 3919 8706
      3934 8706

$$

OGREN

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 Jan 2, 2:50 AM EST, 10 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 2:50 AM EST, 10 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
250 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE ON PRECIP AND TEMPS TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

AT 07Z CENTER OF THE SFC LOW WAS NEAR KNOB NOSTER MO AND TSRA WERE
DEVELOPING INVOF THE LOW.  THE GFS/NAM SHOW DIFFERENCES IN PLACEMENT
OF THE SFC LOW AND THE CONSENSUS BETWEEN SURROUNDING WFOS AND HPC IS
TO LEAN TOWARD THE GFS FOR TODAYS FORECAST.

SCT TSRA ALREADY OCCURING IN THE CWA AS DEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY
RISING SINCE THE START OF MY SHIFT AT 11PM.  LOW CENTER WILL
EVENTUALLY MAKE IT TO NEAR KIND BY LATER TONIGHT.  STRONG WARMING
AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL PUSH DAYTIME HIGHS TO NEAR RECORD TEMPS (AT
INDY THE RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY IS 63 SET IN 2004).  STRONG UVVS AND
SURFACE BASED LIS AROUND -2 WILL PROVIDE AMPLE SUPPORT FOR TSRA TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  AS UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED LOW
MOVE EAST MOST OF THE UPPER SUPPORT FOR THUNDER MOVES WITH IT.  BY
LATER THIS EVENING THE AXIS OF BELOW ZERO LIS AND STRONG LIFT ARE
CONFINED MAILY TO THE EASTERN CWA.  THAT SAID HAVE REDUCED POPS AND
TSRA MENTION GRADUALLY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

HAVE GONE WITH WARMER MAV TEMPS FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS.

EXTENDED FORECAST...PROGRESSIVE PATTERN EVENTUALLY COMES TO AN END
ON WED AS ANOTHER CALIFORNIA NATIVE SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH THE
STATE.  THE H5 TROF IS NOT QUITE AS STRONG/DEEP AS THE ONE CURRENTLY
MOVING THROUGH THE CWA.  CHANCE POPS ARE STLL WARRENTED...ALTHOUGH
TREND HAS BEEN WEAKER...WITH RAIN AT ONSET CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AS
PRECIP ENDS.  ON THURS A SECONDARY TROF SINKS SOUTH FROM CANADA
MARKING THE END TO THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS SEEN THE PAST WEEK.  THIS
TROF CONTINUES TO DEEPEN THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN H5 HIGH OVER THE
BAJA STRENGTHENS.  WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM HANGING AROUND AT LEAST
UNTIL FRIDAY HAVE KEPT LOW CHANCE SNOW SHOWERS IN UNTIL THEN.  FLOW
BECOMES MORE ZONAL THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AS TEMPS STAY
CLOSER TO NORMAL.

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

&&
SALLY

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 2, 8:50 AM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
850 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-031100-
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-
850 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
TODAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY EXCEED
SEVERE LEVELS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE. IT APPEARS THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM
ABOUT 1100 AM THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER 1100 AM.

&&

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

JAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 2, 12:45 PM EST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1245 PM EST MON JAN 02 2006

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

1238 PM     HAIL             SULLIVAN                39.10N 87.41W
01/02/2006  0.50 INCH        SULLIVAN           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1242 PM     HAIL             1 N TERRE HAUTE         39.48N 87.38W
01/02/2006  0.50 INCH        VIGO               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            MARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT STATE ROUTE 63 AND SPRING
            HILL ROAD.

&&

OGREN

Local storm report, Jan 2, 12:47 PM EST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1247 PM EST MON JAN 02 2006

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

1242 PM     HAIL             1 N TERRE HAUTE         39.48N 87.38W
01/02/2006  0.88 INCH        VIGO               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

OGREN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 2, 12:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	41 min
Jan 2, 1:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe	46 min
Jan 2, 2:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	44 min
Jan 2, 2:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	38 min
Jan 2, 3:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Shelby	42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.