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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 22, 2006Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2006, 3:00 PM EDT for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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: Jun 22, 2006, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Johnson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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
Jun 22, 3:20 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	4 S Franklin, IN	NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT JOHNSON COUNTY AIRPORT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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
Jun 22, 12:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 2364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 221900
SVRIND
INC081-221930-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0249.060622T1900Z-060622T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARGERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF
  INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITELAND AROUND 305 PM EDT...
  NEW WHITELAND AROUND 310 PM EDT...

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 3959 8626 3934 8626 3942 8597 3963 8597
      3963 8604

$$
DRT

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 221909
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
309 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

INC081-221930-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0249.000000T0000Z-060622T1930Z/
JOHNSON IN-
309 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR JOHNSON COUNTY...

AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRAFALGAR...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN AROUND 320 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3959 8626 3934 8626 3942 8597 3963 8597
      3963 8604

$$
DRT

000 
WWUS53 KIND 221921
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
321 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

INC081-221930-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0249.000000T0000Z-060622T1930Z/
JOHNSON IN-
321 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR JOHNSON COUNTY...

AT 313 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TRAFALGAR...OR
ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LAT...LON 3955 8617 3934 8626 3942 8597 3963 8597
      3963 8604

$$

LA

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 22, 2:10 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:10 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

.DISCUSSION...RADAR SHOWS CONVECTION DEVELOPING AND PUSHING ACRS
CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. H20 IMAGERY SHOWS A SECOND
S/W NEAR KANSAS CITY THAT WL IMPACT OUR AREA LATER. SFC DEWPOINTS
VERY MOIST IN THE LOWER 70S. REMNANTS OF EARLIER MCS HAVE PROVIDED A
TRIGGER FOR TSRA DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WL BE TIMING OF PCPN EVENTS OVER THE NEXT
12-24 HRS.

NAM SEEMS TO BE HAVING SOME PROBLEMS DEFINING AND PROPAGATING THE H5
S/W. GFS LOOKS MUCH BETTER HERE AND WL USE THE GFS. ATTM EXPECTING 2
ROUNDS OF TSRA ACRS CENTRAL INDIANA OVR THE NEXT 12-24 HRS. THE
FIRST ROUND IS CURRENTLY ONGOING AND PUSHING ACRS THE FA. AFTER THIS
ROUND IS OVR EXPECT A LULL IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS AS ATMOS RESETS A BIT.
GFS THEN BRINGS NEXT SYSTEM IN LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS
STRONG VV IS SEEN PARTICULARLY AROUND 12Z. TIME SECTIONS SHOW A VERY
MOIST COLUMN AND VERY STRONG VV AHEAD OF THE NEXT S/W. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS TONIGHT REMAIN QUITE UNSTABLE WITH LI/S NEAR -10 AND
PLENTY OF CAPE...NEAR 4000-5000 J/KG. PRECIPITABLE H2O VALUES NEAR
1.64 SUGGEST TORRENTIAL RAINS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

CD FRONT WL PUSH SOUTH ACRS INDIANA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS LOW PRES
TRAVERSES NE ALONG THE OH RVR. GIVEN OUR PROXIMITY TO THE LOW
MORNING CLDS AND SHRA SHOULD BE EXPECTED AS WE REMAIN ON THE NW SIDE
OF THIS SYSTEM. THE LOW PULLS AWAY ON FRI NIGHT AND COOL HIGH PRES
OVR NRN IL AND THE WRN GRT LKS BUILDS ACRS INDIANA. WL TRY AND FOCUS
BEST POPS FOR FRI DURG THE MORNING HOURS AND SLOWLY TAPER THEM OFF
THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY.

GIVEN THE EXPECTED CLDS AND RAIN WL LOOK TOWARD WETBULB TEMPS
TONIGHT AND WILL VEER AWAY FROM MAV AT SITES WHERE MAV DOES NOT
HANDLE THIS TOO WELL. FRI HIGHS LOOK GOOD AND WL STICK CLOSE. FRI
LOW MAY BE A BIT COOL... WL WORK A COMPROMISE THERE.

DRY AND WARMER WX FOR SAT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN. GIVEN THE EXPECTED
SUNSHINE WL BUMP UP HIGHS 1-2 DEGREES FROM FRI.

&&

IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR 221800Z TAFS...INITIAL LINE OF CONVECTION ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
WILL BE MOVING NEAR OR ACRS TAF SITES AT ISSUANCE TIME. WILL TRY TO
TIME THESE RIGHT AT ISSUANCE TIME IF POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE WILL STICK
WITH VCTS. SHOULD BE A LULL IN ORGANIZED ACTIVITY BEFORE NEXT WAVE
ARRIVES AFTER 00Z. WITH WIDESPREAD FORCING AVAILABLE LOOKS TO BE A
GOOD ENOUGH CHANCE FOR RAIN TO PUT IN MAIN BODY OF TAFS AT THAT
TIME. AS RAIN BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD...MVFR CONDITIONS SHOULD
DEVELOP. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING FRIDAY MORNING.

PUMA
AVIATION...CS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 1:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
115 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...CORRECTED TYPO IN EXTENDED PORTION...

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-231345-
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-
1215 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 /115 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE STATE BY MID EVENING AND
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WIND AND HAIL. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN
TONIGHT.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY, ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO MUNCIE, WITH THE MAIN THREAT
AGAIN BEING DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE FRIDAY, SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THERE IS
ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REGION WIDE MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
150 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

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

0125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N KOKOMO              40.55N 86.13W
06/22/2006                   HOWARD             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED NEAR CASSVILLE.

0125 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S KOKOMO              40.42N 86.13W
06/22/2006                   HOWARD             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED AT STATE ROAD 26 AND
            HIGHWAY 31.

&&

NIELD

Local storm report, Jun 22, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
152 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E RUSSIAVILLE         40.42N 86.21W
06/22/2006                   HOWARD             IN   PUBLIC

            A LARGE TREE WAS DOWNED.

&&

NIELD

Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:04 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
204 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

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

0202 PM     HAIL             LEBANON                 40.05N 86.47W
06/22/2006  U0.88 INCH       BOONE              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

NIELD

Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:11 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
211 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

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

0207 PM     HAIL             3 WSW WHITESTOWN        39.98N 86.40W
06/22/2006  U0.88 INCH       BOONE              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

NIELD

Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:15 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
215 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

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

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     12 NW TIPTON            40.41N 86.20W
06/22/2006                   TIPTON             IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS ELEVEN HUNDRED
            WEST AND 1000 WEST ON COUNTY ROAD 650 NORTH.

&&

NIELD

Local storm report, Jun 22, 2:49 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
249 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

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

0246 PM     HAIL             3 NNE SOUTHPORT         39.70N 86.10W
06/22/2006  U0.75 INCH       MARION             IN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST AT
            INTERSTATES 465 AND 65.

&&

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 12:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion	39 min
Jun 22, 12:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	45 min
Jun 22, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	40 min
Jun 22, 12:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	64 min
Jun 22, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	40 min
Jun 22, 1:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone	43 min
Jun 22, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	32 min
Jun 22, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	60 min
Jun 22, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock	64 min
Jun 22, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	48 min
Jun 22, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	49 min
Jun 22, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	45 min
Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	41 min
Jun 22, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	56 min
Jun 22, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	39 min
Jun 22, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	44 min
Jun 22, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	56 min
Jun 22, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Owen	42 min
Jun 22, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	45 min
Jun 22, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan, Putnam	48 min
Jun 22, 7:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 5 more	4 hr

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.