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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2006, 7:59 PM EDT for Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 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, 7:59 PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2006, 8:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 634 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 .AVIATION... FOR 20/0000Z TAFS...UPPER WAVE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE TAF SITES AT BEGINNING OF TAF VALID TIME. SCT TSRA WILL BE NEAR MOST TAF SITES. WILL WATCH FOR CHANGES...BUT LOOKS LIKE VC MIGHT HANDLE IT AT MOST SITES. TSRA WILL EXIT BY 02Z. NOT MUCH CLOUDINESS BEHIND WAVE WITH SUBSIDENCE. MOIST LOW LEVELS LIKELY TO LEAD TO MVFR FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT AFT 06Z. ADDITIONAL TSRA POSSIBLE AFT 18Z TUE WITH YET ANOTHER WAVE...SO HAVE PUT CB IN TAFS. && .PREV 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. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...CS PUBLIC...JAS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 442 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-202045- 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- 342 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006 /442 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS LARGE HAIL LIGHTNING FLASH FLOODING ISOLATED TORNADOS AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 1100 PM EDT OR 1000 PM CDT DISCUSSION: SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN COMBINATION WITH THE WARM HUMID AIR IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA WILL GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .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... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION SHOULD BE ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) PUMA
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:30 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
730 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL 6 E PENDLETON 40.00N 85.63W
06/19/2006 E0.50 INCH MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
0710 PM HAIL 3 NNE CADIZ 39.99N 85.46W
06/19/2006 E1.00 INCH HENRY IN AMATEUR RADIO
0724 PM HAIL MUNCIE 40.20N 85.39W
06/19/2006 E1.00 INCH DELAWARE IN AMATEUR RADIO
0725 PM HAIL MUNCIE 40.20N 85.39W
06/19/2006 E1.00 INCH DELAWARE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
MUNCIE MALL
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 7:31 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
731 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0729 PM HAIL 1 S ANDERSON 40.08N 85.69W
06/19/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 7:41 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
741 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM HAIL 7 W GREENCASTLE 39.64N 86.97W
06/19/2006 E2.00 INCH PUTNAM IN PUBLIC
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 7:44 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
744 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM HAIL 3 S NEW CASTLE 39.88N 85.36W
06/19/2006 E0.75 INCH HENRY IN AMATEUR RADIO
0740 PM HAIL 7 W GREENCASTLE 39.64N 86.97W
06/19/2006 E1.75 INCH PUTNAM IN PUBLIC
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 7:47 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
747 PM EDT MON JUN 19 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0742 PM HAIL 2 N ANDERSON 40.12N 85.69W
06/19/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
0742 PM HAIL 5 N ANDERSON 40.17N 85.69W
06/19/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
SR 9
&&
SMITHLocal storm report, Jun 19, 7:54 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 48 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 |
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.