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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2006, 6:37 PM EDT for Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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
- Jul 3, 2006, 6:37 PM EDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2006, 7:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Howard County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 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
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, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 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, 3 hours 5 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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:48 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
548 PM EDT MON JUL 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM TSTM WND DMG CLARKS HILL 40.25N 86.72W
07/03/2006 TIPPECANOE IN EMERGENCY MNGR
A LARGE TREE WAS DOWNED.
&&
NIELDLocal storm report, Jul 3, 5:53 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
553 PM EDT MON JUL 03 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0510 PM HAIL CLARKS HILL 40.25N 86.72W
07/03/2006 U1.00 INCH TIPPECANOE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0505 PM HAIL 3 NW CLARKS HILL 40.28N 86.76W
07/03/2006 U1.00 INCH TIPPECANOE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN STOCKWELL.
&&
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 43 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.