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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 276, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 3, 2006Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2006, 5:02 PM EDT for Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 58 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: Jul 3, 2006, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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
Jul 3, 5:05 PM EDT	HAIL 1	3 Nw Clarks Hill, IN	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN STOCKWELL.
Jul 3, 5:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Clarks Hill, IN
Jul 3, 5:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clarks Hill, IN	A LARGE TREE WAS DOWNED.

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 3 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 3 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 032102
SVRIND
INC023-157-032200-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0276.060703T2102Z-060703T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
502 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT...
  SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  CLARKS HILL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MULBERRY AROUND 510 PM EDT...
  ROSSVILLE AROUND 520 PM EDT...
  FRANKFORT AROUND 530 PM EDT...
  MICHIGANTOWN AROUND 545 PM EDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4042 8681 4023 8685 4019 8668 4019 8631
      4042 8631

$$

CO

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 032126
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
526 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

INC023-157-032200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-060703T2200Z/
CLINTON-TIPPECANOE-
526 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CLINTON AND SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES...

AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLARKS HILL...OR ABOUT
6 MILES WEST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKFORT AROUND 535 PM EDT...
  MICHIGANTOWN AROUND 550 PM EDT...
  KIRKLIN AROUND 555 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4042 8681 4023 8685 4019 8668 4019 8631
      4042 8631

$$

CO

000 
WWUS53 KIND 032146
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
547 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

INC157-032157-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-060703T2200Z/
TIPPECANOE-
547 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TIPPECANOE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4039 8666 4024 8667 4019 8668 4019 8631
      4042 8631

$$

INC023-032200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-060703T2200Z/
CLINTON-
547 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR CLINTON COUNTY...

AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKFORT...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KIRKLIN AROUND 555 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4039 8666 4024 8667 4019 8668 4019 8631
      4042 8631

$$

CO

000 
WWUS53 KIND 032158
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
558 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

INC023-032208-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0276.000000T0000Z-060703T2200Z/
CLINTON-
558 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLINTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 600
PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4039 8666 4024 8667 4019 8668 4019 8631
      4042 8631

$$

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 Jul 3, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
310 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE ON THE CHANCE OF PRECIP OVER
THE NEXT 48 HRS.

AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON.  THERE WAS A WEAK BOUNDARY FM CENTRAL IA TO NRN IL/IN.
TSRA WERE OCCURRING INVOF THIS BNDRY.  AS THIS BOUNDARY SINKS SOUTH
IN RESPONSE TO THE COLD FRONT IN MN MOVING SOUTH THERE WILL BE A
CHANCE OF TSRA LATER TONIGHT.  HAVE PUT HIGHER POPS IN THE NORTHERN
TIER OF THE CWA CLOSER TO WHERE PRECIP IS ONGOING.

MODELS HAVE AGAIN SLOWED THE TIMING OF A COLD FRONT TO PASS THROUGH
CENTRAL INDIANA ON TUESDAY.  WILL USE A BLEND AS THEY ARE NOT ALL
THAT FAR FROM EACH OTHER.  CDFNT WL BE NEAR LAF IN THE EARLY MORNING
THEN SLOW DOWN OR WASH OUT OVER INDY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING.  WITH SLOW TIMING OF FRONT TSRA MAY NOT BE ORGANIZED
UNTIL LATER TUESDAY EVENING.  WILL KEEP A LIKELY POP GOING FOR MOST
OF TUESDAY.

AS FRONT FINALLY WORKS ITS WAY TO THE OHIO RIVER BY EARLY WED
MORNING SOME LINGERING SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM VINCENNES TO BMG
AND SOUTH BUT ENDING BY LATE WED MORNING.  THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK
WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND COOLER TEMPS AS A COOL UPPER LOW SINKS
SOUTH.  THURS NOW LOOKS LIKE THE COOLEST DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW
80S.

TEMPS TOMORROW WONT BE QUITE AS WARM AS TODAY AS CLOUD COVER WILL
INHIBIT SUCH WARMING.  DEWPOINTS WILL GET INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOW
70S WHICH WILL MAKE FOR A HUMID DAY TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 031800Z TAF ISSUANCE. EXPECT SCT TRWS TO
DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACRS THE BULK OF
THE FA EXPECTED TO PUSH TEMPS TO NEAR 90 DEGREES BY 2 PM EDT.
MODIFIED 12Z SOUNDINGS FM ILX AND ILN INDICATING CONVECTIVE TEMPS
AROUND 88 DEGREES. ALSO...WEAK BOUNDARY ACRS NRN IN TO DROP SLOWLY S
...AND OLD CONVECTIVE OUTLFOWS ALONG WITH WEAK IMPULSES PASSING JUST
TO OUR N SHOULD ALLOW SCT TRWS TO FIRE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONT
TNGT. CIGS SHOULD MAINLY BE VFR EARLY WITH POSSIBLY SOME TEMPO MVFR
CIGS TNGT AND TOMORROW MRNG. WINDS SHOULD STAY UP ENOUGH TNGT TO
AVOID ANY SIG FOG EXCEPT PERHAPS UNDER ANY TRW. MAIN FNT TO SWEEP
ACRS CNTRL INDIANA TOMORROW AS WELL.

&&

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

&&

PUBLIC...SALLY
AVIATION...KOCH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED TYPO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
332 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-041945-
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-
332 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND...HAIL AND LIGHTNING THE MAIN
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA MAKING
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THE
MAIN THREAT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMS
WILL BE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BY 1000 PM EDT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY.

&&

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

INZ060>065-067>072-041945-
SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
232 PM CDT MON JUL 3 2006 /332 PM EDT MON JUL 3 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND...HAIL AND LIGHTNING THE MAIN
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA MAKING
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THE
MAIN THREAT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STORMS
WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GREENSBURG TO BLOOMINGTON TO SULLIVAN
BY 1100 PM CDT OR 1200 AM EDT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ON INDEPENDENCE DAY.

&&

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

SALLY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton	43 min
Jul 3, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	40 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.