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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2006, 2:27 PM EDT for Clay County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 19, 2006, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clay County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
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 Jun 19, 2:20 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:20 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 .DISCUSSION...UPPR TROF CURRENTLY OVR THE GRTLKS XPCTD TO SWING SEWD THRU THE LOCAL AREA THIS EVEN. AFTER THAT...RDGG WL BLD THRU THE TN VLY...LEAVING AREA ALONG THE SRN EDGE OF THE WESTERLIES AND PRONE TO PERIODIC TSTM COMPLEXES. MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT OVERALL. FCST FOCUS CENTERS ON POPS. IN THE NR TERM...OTHER THAN TSTM CLUSTER OVR THE CENTRAL PARTS OF THE CWA...NOT MUCH GOING ON ELSEWHERE YET. TSTMS STILL APPEAR ELEVATED SO FAR...BUT CONVECTIVE TEMPS SOUTH OF PRESENT ACTVTY JUST ABOUT REACHED...SO ADDITIONAL SFC DVLPMNT LIKELY SOON. BASED ON VARIOUS PARAMETERS...APPEARS BEST THREAT OF SVR SHOULD BE ALONG/SOUTH OF CURRENT ACTVTY AS DEWPTS ARE FALLING OFF OVR THE NWRN CWA. ADDITIONAL ACTVTY PSBL ALONG UPPR TROF AXIS CURRENTLY DROPPING SEWD THRU SRN WI/NW IL AS WELL. ALL IN ALL...UPPR TROF PUSHES SEWD OF THE AREA BY ABOUT 200300Z OR SO...SO PCPN THREAT SHOULD END BY THAT TIME. WS510 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE CWA TIL 200000Z. IN THE LTR PDS...SFC FNT SETTLES SWD INTO THE AREA ON TUES...AND MEANDERS AROUND IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. INSTABILITY PROGGED TO BE QUITE HIGH BY TUES AFT...ESPECIALLY OVR THE SW ZONES...ALONG WITH STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES ABV. WL BRING IN CHC POPS BY THE AFT HRS ALL AREAS...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS SW. WL BROADBRUSH CHC POPS ALL AREAS INTO WED AS WELL AS OVERALL PTN POINTS TO POTENTIAL TSTM COMPLEXES NEARBY FM TIME TO TIME. LO LVL THICKNESSES AND TRAJECTORIES SUGGEST THE NGM MOS GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BE TOO COOL...ESPECIALLY WITH THE HIGHS IN THR LTR PDS. WL BUMP UP THE NUMBERS IN THOSE PDS. && .AVIATION...FOR 191800Z TAFS...MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WAS OVER INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. MVFR WITH ISOLATED IFR CONDITIONS IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 00Z. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE WIND GUSTS OVER 50 KTS AND 3/4 INCH HAIL. MORE STABLE CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN AFTER FROPA AND WITH SUNSET THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN LIMITING FOG FORMATION TO MVFR LEVELS AROUND SUNRISE. .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...HAINES PUBLIC...JAS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:45 AM EDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 ...CORRECT TYPO IN SPOTTER STATEMENT... INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-200845- 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- 345 AM CDT MON JUN 19 2006 /445 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE THIS MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FIRST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER 4 PM EDT (3 PM CDT) THIS AFTERNOON. PRIMARY THREATS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A VERY ACTIVE PATTERN FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EVERY DAY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO KNOW MANY DETAILS ON THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WEDNESDAY APPEARS TO BE THE DAY THAT STORMS WOULD BE MOST LIKELY TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM EDT (3 PM CDT) THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) LJ/PG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:13 AM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1013 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0633 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 SSW CRAWFORDSVILLE 39.91N 86.97W
06/18/2006 MONTGOMERY IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG ADVANCE 40.00N 86.62W
06/18/2006 BOONE IN AMATEUR RADIO
8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0707 PM TSTM WND DMG MECCA 39.73N 87.33W
06/18/2006 PARKE IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG ARCADIA 40.17N 86.02W
06/18/2006 HAMILTON IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
0750 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE BAINBRIDGE 39.78N 86.78W
06/18/2006 PUTNAM IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
&&
DTUCEKLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:16 AM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1016 AM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0607 PM TSTM WND DMG MECCA 39.73N 87.33W
06/18/2006 PARKE IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
0633 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 SSW CRAWFORDSVILLE 39.91N 86.97W
06/18/2006 MONTGOMERY IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
0635 PM TSTM WND DMG ADVANCE 40.00N 86.62W
06/18/2006 BOONE IN AMATEUR RADIO
8 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG ARCADIA 40.17N 86.02W
06/18/2006 HAMILTON IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
0750 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE BAINBRIDGE 39.78N 86.78W
06/18/2006 PUTNAM IN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWNED.
&&
DTUCEKLocal storm report, Jun 19, 1:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
122 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0118 PM TSTM WND GST BROWNSBURG 39.84N 86.39W
06/19/2006 E60.00 MPH HENDRICKS IN NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 1:32 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 19, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 19 min |
| Jun 19, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 15 min |
| Jun 19, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 20 min |
| Jun 19, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 16 min |
| Jun 19, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen, Putnam | 15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.