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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 19, 2006Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana

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.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 12:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

&&

SMITH
Local 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

&&

SMITH
Local 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

&&

SMITH
Local 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

&&

SMITH
Local 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

&&

SMITH
Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:54 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks43 min
Jun 19, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion49 min
Jun 19, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion45 min
Jun 19, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion23 min
Jun 19, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby46 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Putnam48 min
Jun 19, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan28 min
Jun 19, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe41 min
Jun 19, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen19 min
Jun 19, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Morgan42 min
Jun 19, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe25 min
Jun 19, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew39 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson48 min
Jun 19, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton32 min
Jun 19, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren38 min
Jun 19, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin15 min
Jun 19, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison39 min
Jun 19, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll22 min
Jun 19, 6:42 PM EDTTornado WarningINDMadison33 min
Jun 19, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry50 min
Jun 19, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware46 min
Jun 19, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam32 min
Jun 19, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry25 min
Jun 19, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush20 min
Jun 19, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby16 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.