Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 255, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2006, 4:04 PM CDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 4:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Ssw Vincennes, IN | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN SW KNOX CO. |
| Jun 22, 4:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 57 | Vincennes, IN | INDOT MESONET SITE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 minutes after it went out.
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, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1783 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 222103 SVRIND INC083-222200- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0255.060622T2104Z-060622T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 404 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DECKER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VINCENNES AROUND 420 PM CDT... MONROE CITY AROUND 425 PM CDT... BRUCEVILLE AROUND 435 PM CDT... BICKNELL AROUND 445 PM CDT... 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 3842 8778 3851 8737 3888 8719 3890 8745 $$ SALLY
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 222129 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 528 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 INC083-222200- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-060622T2200Z/ KNOX IN- 428 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR KNOX COUNTY... AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BRUCEVILLE AROUND 435 PM CDT... BICKNELL AROUND 445 PM CDT... EDWARDSPORT AROUND 450 PM CDT... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3842 8778 3851 8737 3888 8719 3890 8745 $$ SALLY
000 WWUS53 KIND 222201 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 601 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 INC083-222211- /O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-060622T2200Z/ KNOX IN- 501 PM CDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KNOX COUNTY EXPIRED AT 500 PM CDT... HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3842 8778 3851 8737 3888 8719 3890 8745 $$ SALLY
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, 1:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 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, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 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, 1:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 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
&&
NIELDLocal storm report, Jun 22, 1:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 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.
&&
NIELDLocal storm report, Jun 22, 1:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 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.
&&
NIELDLocal storm report, Jun 22, 2:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
306 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0302 PM TSTM WND DMG 8 SE INDIANAPOLIS 39.69N 86.04W
06/22/2006 MARION IN TRAINED SPOTTER
STOP SIGN BLOWN DOWN BY TSTM WND
&&
PGRAYLocal storm report, Jun 22, 2:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
322 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM HAIL 4 S FRANKLIN 39.43N 86.06W
06/22/2006 E0.88 INCH JOHNSON IN AMATEUR RADIO
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT JOHNSON COUNTY AIRPORT
&&
PGRAYLocal storm report, Jun 22, 3:16 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
416 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG RUSHVILLE 39.61N 85.45W
06/22/2006 RUSH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE ON POWERLINE/POWER OUTAGE IN RUSHVILLE
&&
PGRAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 43 min |
| Jun 22, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 49 min |
| Jun 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vigo | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan, Putnam | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 6:48 PM CDT | 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.