Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2006, 9:21 AM EDT for Boone County, Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 10, 2006, 9:21 AM EDT (13:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2006, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Boone County, IN, Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:45 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nw Crawfordsville, IN | SEVERAL TREES 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 one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KIND 101321
SVRIND
INC011-107-101400-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0294.060810T1321Z-060810T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
921 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
* AT 920 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINDEN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
NORTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DARLINGTON AROUND 930 AM EDT...
LADOGA AROUND 940 AM EDT...
NEW ROSS AROUND 945 AM EDT...
ADVANCE AROUND 950 AM 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.
IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING
WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4023 8700 4011 8707 3993 8700 3988 8676
3988 8672 3994 8671 3994 8653 4006 8662
$$
JOHNSON3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 101334
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
934 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006
INC011-107-101400-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-060810T1400Z/
BOONE-MONTGOMERY-
934 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE AND EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 930 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DARLINGTON...OR
ABOUT NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
LADOGA AROUND 940 AM EDT...
ADVANCE AROUND 945 AM EDT...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING
WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 4017 8687 4007 8695 3997 8695 3988 8676
3988 8672 3994 8671 3994 8653 4006 8662
$$
JOHNSON000
WWUS53 KIND 101350
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
950 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006
INC011-107-101400-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-060810T1400Z/
BOONE-MONTGOMERY-
950 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE AND EAST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 945 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEW ROSS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ADVANCE AROUND 955 AM 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.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4010 8674 4005 8683 3999 8688 3994 8675
3994 8671 3994 8671 3994 8653 4006 8662
$$
JOHNSON000
WWUS53 KIND 101357
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
957 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006
INC011-107-101407-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-060810T1400Z/
BOONE-MONTGOMERY-
957 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE AND EAST
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1000 AM EDT...
THE STORM HAS EXITED MONTGOMERY COUNTY...A NEW WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR THIS STORM FARTHER EAST.
LAT...LON 4010 8674 4005 8683 3999 8688 3994 8675
3994 8671 3994 8671 3994 8653 4006 8662
$$
JOHNSONWhat 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 Aug 10, 6:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 645 EDT THU AUG 10 2006 .AVIATIONS...DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL ACRS CENTRAL INDIANA AND ISOLATED SHRA FOUND ACRS THE FA. FIRST PROBLEM WL BE FOG. DAY SHOULD BEGIN WITH WIDESPREAD FIR VISIBILITIES BUT THESE SHUD MIX OUT TO MVFR CONDITIONS BY 15Z OR SO AND FINALLY TO VFR VISBIES BY 17Z-18Z AS THE HEATING OF THE DAY CONTINUES. CU DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED TODAY ALONG WITH SCT TSRA GIVEN THE UNSTABLE FORECAST SOUNDINGS AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO PIN DOWN TIMING ON THE HEATING DRIVEN TSRA BUT ATTM FEEL IT SHUD BE AFTER 18Z. WL USE VCTS FOR COVERAGE ATTM AND PIN DOWN TIMING AS STORMS APPEAR IMMINENT. WL ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR MCS OVR IA ALONG WITH IT/S PROPAGATION. .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS WL BE ON PRECIP CHANCES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AT 07Z STATIONARY FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS COULD BE SEEN WITH DEWPOINT CONTRAST. ANOTHER WEAK BOUNDARY INDICATED BY A SHIFT IN THE WINDS WAS LOCATED ACROS NORTHERN IL. HIGH PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN CANADA...NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES. ALOFT AT H5 NW FLOW CONTINUED. NAM SEEMS TO BE BETTER IN THE SHORT TERM FOR TODAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...HOWEVER INCONSISTENCY OF RUN TO RUN QPF AFTER THIS TIME FRAME PUTS NAM IN QUESTION. HAVE SIDED MORE WITH GFS FRIDAY AFTERNOON ONWARD...HOWEVER STILL THINK GFS MOVES PRECIP OUT A LITTLE TOO FAST AND HAS PLACEMENT OF FRONT TOO FAR SOUTH. GFS HAS MOVED FRONT NORTH OF PREVIOUS LOCATION AND WITH THAT NOW CORRESPONDS CLOSER TO THE NGM...BUT STILL FAR SOUTH OF INDIANA BY LATE FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY. PATCHY DENSE FOG STILL IN FORECAST UNTIL 12Z WITH KGEZ AND KMIE CURRENTLY AT 1/4SM AND KOKK AT 1/2SM AT 7Z. CLOUD COVER IS INCREASING AND A FEW SHOWERS ARE BEGINNING TO POP UP OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT TO SEE A LITTLE MORE IN THE WAY OF DEVELOPMENT AS THE EARLY MORNING HOURS PROGRESS WITH H8 JET OVER CENTRAL INDIANA...HOWEVER WL NOT SEE WIDESPREAD PRECIP. FOR TODAY...GFS...NAM...AND NGM ARE ALL INDICATING QPF AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WL MOVE ACROS INDIANA THEREFORE HAVE PUT POPS UP TO 50 ACROS THE AREA. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WL ALSO STILL BE IN THE VICINITY AND MODELS ALSO INDICATING FRONTOGENESIS OVER INDIANA WHICH WL HELP IN PRECIP CHANCES TODAY. AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER...SPC HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE CWA TODAY WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. LAPSE RATES ARE MARGINAL AROUND 6...HOWEVER MODEL NEGATIVE LI VALUES AROUND -10 ARE INDICATING SOME INSTABILITY IN PLACE. HAVE LEFT SEVERE WORDING OUT OF GRIDS...BUT WL MENTION IN HWO. HIGH TEMPERATURES WL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF CONVECTION AND HOW MUCH SUNSHINE THE AREA WL GET. TONIGHT...HAVE 50 POPS IN SW TO 30 POPS NE WITH SW CLOSER TO FRONAL BOUNDARY AND FRONTOGENESIS. ONGOING PRECIP FROM DAY WL SHIFT SOUTH OVERNIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE HAS PROBLEMS BUILDING INTO OUR AREA AND INSTEAD BUILDS FURTHER EAST OF HERE KEEPING PRECIP CHANCES IN FORECAST. HAVE KEPT TEMPS IN MAINLY UPPER 60S WITH CLOUD COVER. ON FRIDAY LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH. NAM STILL HAS PLACEMENT OF FRONT JUST SOUTH OF CWA AND WITH THIS AND THE WEAK SHORTWAVE HAVE NOT DISCOUNTED POPS FOR FRIDAY. NAM TRIES TO KEEP FRONT AROUND FRIDAY NIGHT HOWEVER HAVE KEPT POPS OUT FOR NOW AND WENT CLOSER TO GFS. COOLER AIR WL BEGIN TO FILTER IN BY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...KEEPING HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S AND LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. SATURDAY A H5 RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BEGIN TO BUILD IN AND AS A RESULT HAVE KEPT FORECAST DRY UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIP ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER COLD FROPA EXPECTED. WEEKEND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR TEMEPRATURES. A SLIGHT WARMING TREND BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST AND RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS. .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS MAIN CONCERN WILL BE HOW LOW VISIBILITIES GET EARLY THIS MORNING. KGEZ AND KBMG HAVE BEEN DOWN TO A HALF MILE VISIBILITY AT TIMES WHILE OTHER TAF SITES HAVE BEEN MOSTLY MVFR SO FAR. CLOUDS FROM 5 THOUSANT TO 10 THOUSAND FEET WILL SPREAD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THIS MAY LIMIT THE FOG ESPECIALLY NORTH OF KIND BY 09Z AND ALL AREAS BY 12Z. EVEN SO VISIBILITIES WILL PROBABLY DROP INTO THE FIR OR LOW MVFR CATEGORY THROUGH 13Z. MODELS INDICATE SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY MOVE IN BY MORNING AS A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES THIS WAY. HOWEVER THEY ARE NOT AS WET AS PREVIOUS RUNS. AIR MASS BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. MODELS INDICATE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE TO OUR SOUTHWEST SO WILL LEAVE OUT OF BODY OF TAFS FOR NOW FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...AB/JS AVIATION...PUMA
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 8:48 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 848 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-111300- 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- 748 AM CDT THU AUG 10 2006 /848 AM EDT THU AUG 10 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) CP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 10:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 22 min |
| Aug 10, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 33 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.