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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 27, 2006Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2006, 4:36 PM CDT for Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
Sep 27, 2006, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2006, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 27, 4:58 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Elnora, INPENNY SIZE HAIL AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM STRONG WINDS IN ELNORA
Sep 27, 4:58 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Plainville, INPENNY HAIL AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM STRONG WINDS IN PLAINVILLE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2006-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 272135
SVRIND
INC027-055-101-272215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0310.060927T2136Z-060927T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
536 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT(515 PM CDT)

* AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINTON...OR ABOUT 22 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LYONS AROUND 545 PM EDT...
  CRANE AROUND 450 PM CDT...
  BLOOMFIELD AROUND 555 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3906 8723 3891 8726 3890 8712 3882 8719
      3869 8729 3874 8693 3880 8680 3886 8671
      3917 8670

$$

PUMA
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 272152
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
552 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2006

INC027-055-101-272215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-060927T2215Z/
DAVIESS-GREENE-MARTIN-
552 PM EDT WED SEP 27 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM
EDT(515 PM CDT) FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS...NORTHERN MARTIN AND GREENE
COUNTIES...

AT 549 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWBERRY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES WEST OF
BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKLE TO DIME SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM AS IT 
PUSHED ACROSS NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY AROUND 610 PM EDT

LAT...LON 3906 8723 3891 8726 3890 8712 3882 8719
      3869 8729 3874 8693 3880 8680 3886 8671
      3917 8670

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks46 min
Sep 27, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison, Tipton32 min
Sep 27, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks43 min
Sep 27, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Putnam39 min
Sep 27, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan46 min
Sep 27, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton30 min
Sep 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox, Sullivan48 min
Sep 27, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion, Shelby44 min
Sep 27, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin44 min
Sep 27, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Morgan55 min
Sep 27, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin32 min
Sep 27, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison19 min
Sep 27, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin33 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.