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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2006Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2006, 5:50 PM EST for Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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: Mar 31, 2006, 5:50 PM EST (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2006, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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
Mar 31, 6:33 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	Greencastle, IN
Mar 31, 6:35 PM EST	HAIL 1	Greencastle, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 3:43 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 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 312249
SVRIND
INC121-133-312330-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0034.060331T2250Z-060331T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
550 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 547 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MECCA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF TERRE
  HAUTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROCKVILLE AROUND 555 PM EST...
  JUDSON AROUND 600 PM EST...
  WAVELAND AROUND 610 PM EST...
  RUSSELLVILLE AROUND 615 PM EST...

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 3979 8733 3962 8738 3961 8670 3988 8671
      3987 8714

$$

NIELD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 312317
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
617 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

INC121-133-312330-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-060331T2330Z/
PARKE-PUTNAM-
617 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EST
FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM AND PARKE COUNTIES...

AT 614 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF GREENCASTLE...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTH OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FILLMORE AROUND 625 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3979 8733 3962 8738 3961 8670 3988 8671
      3987 8714

$$

NIELD

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 Mar 31, 12:52 PM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 12:52 PM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before

XUS63 KIND 280722
AFDIND

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1252 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

.DISCUSSION...MAIN PROBLEM IS THREAT OF THUNDER/SVR TONIGHT.

DRY SLOT IS NOW CLEARING SKIES OVER AREA. DEWPOINT AXIS IS ALONG
WESTERN BORDER OF CWA. PRETTY GOOD WINDS ALSO...ALTHO NOT MUCH
DIRECTIONAL SHEAR. WITH HEATING AND WIND...LIKE SPC OUTLOOK FOR
SLIGHT RISK OVER MOST OF CWA. QUESTION IS WHERE/WHEN THINGS WILL
FIRE. SUSPECT IT WILL BE NEAR THE MOISTURE AXIS...DEWPOINTS WEST OF
THERE FALL OFF RAPIDLY.

UNDER THIS SCENARIO...LINE TO FIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PROBABLY
BROKEN SINCE MOISTURE IS NOT THAT GREAT. HIGH CHANCE POPS IN ORDER.
SEVERE POSSIBLE WITH DRY AIR ALOFT AND RAPID HEATING IN ADVANCE OF
LINE. WILL MENTION SVR IN GRIDS.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ABOUT DRIER AIR SWEEPING IN TONIGHT...
BRINGING A DRY SPELL UNTIL WARM FRONT SHOWS UP SUNDAY.

MOS TEMPS LOOK A LITTLE HIGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY BASED ON WHATS
UPSTREAM...AND ALSO SATURDAY NIGHT SINCE MOST MODELS HAVE BEEN A
LITTLE FAST LATELY...WHICH MEANS CLOUDS MAY BE SLOW TO ARRIVE.
GUIDANCE CLOSE ON SUNDAY AND WILL TAKE CONSENSUS.

&&

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

&&

KWIATKOWSKI

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 12:59 PM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-011100-
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-
1159 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 /1259 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS
CENTRAL INDIANA BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND LINGER
INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE
WEATHER APPEARS TO BE FROM ABOUT 300 PM TO 900 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL TARGET THE AREA FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS
LATE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM ALSO APPEARS CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING SEVERE STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 300 PM THROUGH THE LATE EVENING
HOURS TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)

JAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 5:39 PM EST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
539 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

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

0526 PM     HAIL             4 NE FLORA              40.59N 86.47W
03/31/2006  E0.88 INCH       CARROLL            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ON 200 N

0531 PM     HAIL             5 NNE FLORA             40.61N 86.49W
03/31/2006  E0.88 INCH       CARROLL            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 5:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery	41 min
Mar 31, 5:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	26 min
Mar 31, 5:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	47 min
Mar 31, 5:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery	45 min
Mar 31, 6:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	38 min
Mar 31, 6:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam, Vigo	65 min
Mar 31, 6:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	55 min
Mar 31, 6:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	33 min
Mar 31, 6:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks	22 min
Mar 31, 6:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan	59 min
Mar 31, 6:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.