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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 28, 2006Hancock County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2006, 8:22 PM EDT for Hancock County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min. 3 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 28, 2006, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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
Jun 28, 8:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	5 Nw Fairland, IN
Jun 28, 8:35 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	6 S Greenfield, IN
Jun 28, 8:39 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	6 S Greenfield, IN

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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 290022
SVRIND
INC059-145-290100-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0273.060629T0022Z-060629T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
822 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW PALESTINE...OR ABOUT 12
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRLAND AROUND 835 PM EDT...
  SHELBYVILLE AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  MORRISTOWN AROUND 850 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3975 8595 3952 8596 3948 8579 3959 8565
      3978 8565

$$

CO

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 290036
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
836 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

INC059-145-290100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-060629T0100Z/
HANCOCK-SHELBY-
836 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN SHELBY AND SOUTH CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTIES...

AT 835 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MORRISTOWN AROUND 845 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3971 8589 3963 8592 3953 8579 3959 8565
      3978 8565

$$

CO

000 
WWUS53 KIND 290053
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
852 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

INC059-145-290102-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-060629T0100Z/
HANCOCK-SHELBY-
852 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SHELBY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL HANCOCK COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 900 PM EDT...

THE STORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. AS A RESULT, THE 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3971 8589 3963 8592 3953 8579 3959 8565
      3978 8565

$$

CO

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 28, 7:30 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 7:30 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
730 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

.AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR 00Z TAFS. UPR LOW OVR NRN INDIANA AT 23Z
AND MOVING EAST. CONVECTION HAS CLEARED FROM ALL SITES EXCEPT KIND
AND WL CLEAR OUT OF KIND BY 01Z. WITH WET SOIL AT ALL SITES FROM
TODAYS RAIN AND LT WINDS OVERNIGHT...EXPECT VSBYS TO DROP TO MVFR AT
ALL SITES AFTER 08-09Z AND STAY THAT WAY UNTIL 12-13Z. THE UPR LOW
WL MOVE TO THE EAST AND HI PRES SHUD BLD IN BEHIND IT...KEEPING VFR
CONDITIONS THRU THE DAY AFTER THE PATCHY FOG BURNS OFF.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...

PROBLEM OF DAY IS POPS TONIGHT.

GUIDANCE CALLS FOR A MOSTLY DRY FORECAST...BUT I DONT BUY IT.
POWERFUL UPPER LOW AND COLD TEMP ANOMALY ALOFT STILL TO OUR WEST.
SUMMER SOLSTICE ONLY WEEK AGO. SPC HAS AREA OUTLOOKED FOR SLIGHT. I
COULD SEE SOMETHING FIRING LATE IN THE DAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE
FIRST PART OF TONIGHT. WILL GO CHC POPS.

AFTER THAT DRIER FOR A WHILE AS UPPER LOWS MOVES EAST AND SURFACE
HIGH BUILDS IN ACCORDING TO ALL MODELS. GFS LOOKS LIKE IT IS PICKING
UP SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...TYPICAL FOR IT...SO GOING WITH NAM
MOST OF THE TIME. UNDER THIS SCENARIO DRY BUT PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGH
FRIDAY. SLGT CHC RAIN ENTERING NW FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WARM FRONT
TRYING TO DEVELOP.

AS WILL GO WITH NAM FOR MOISTURE...ALSO GOING WITH MET FOR TEMPS.
ACTUALLY THEY ARE ALL PRETTY CLOSE AND LOOK GOOD CONSIDERING
CONTINUITY UNTIL FRIDAY. AFTER THAN MAV DIGRESSES...POSSIBLY DUE TO
CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ALREADY MENTIONED.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

AVIATION...CP
PUBLIC...KWIATKOWSKI

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 5:50 AM EDT, 14 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
550 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-291000-
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-
450 AM CDT WED JUN 28 2006 /550 AM EDT WED JUN 28 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A FEW STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREATS. THE
MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE
FROM ABOUT 200 PM EDT...100 PM CDT...UNTIL ABOUT 1100 PM EDT...
1000 PM CDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY. AT THIS POINT...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

JAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
720 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

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

0709 PM     HAIL             5 SE INDIANAPOLIS       39.73N 86.08W
06/28/2006  M1.00 INCH       MARION             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CET

Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:26 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
726 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

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

0722 PM     HAIL             5 SE INDIANAPOLIS       39.73N 86.08W
06/28/2006  U0.50 INCH       MARION             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CET

Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:40 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
740 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

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

0733 PM     HAIL             7 SW COLUMBUS           39.14N 86.01W
06/28/2006  M0.75 INCH       BARTHOLOMEW        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CET

Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:42 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
742 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

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

0735 PM     HAIL             2 W GREENWOOD           39.62N 86.15W
06/28/2006  M0.88 INCH       JOHNSON            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CET

Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:01 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
801 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

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

0755 PM     HAIL             5 W COLUMBUS            39.21N 86.01W
06/28/2006  M1.00 INCH       BARTHOLOMEW        IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

CET

Local storm report, Jun 28, 8:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
822 PM EDT WED JUN 28 2006

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

0740 PM     HAIL             7 SW NEW CASTLE         39.85N 85.46W
06/28/2006  E0.25 INCH       HENRY              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

CET

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	43 min
Jun 28, 10:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	51 min
Jun 28, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	13 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.