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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2006Delaware County, Henry County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2006, 7:13 PM EST for Delaware County, Henry County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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: Mar 31, 2006, 7:13 PM EST (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2006, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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, 7:30 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	6 S Muncie, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 010014
SVRIND
INC035-065-095-010100-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0043.060401T0013Z-060401T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 713 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM GASTON TO DALEVILLE TO ANDERSON...OR ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE TO 7 MILES EAST OF
  ANDERSON TO ANDERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  YORKTOWN AROUND 720 PM EST...
  EATON AROUND 725 PM EST...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS AROUND 730 PM EST...
  ALBANY AROUND 735 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4039 8557 4011 8584 3996 8587 4002 8524
      4008 8521 4016 8522 4038 8521

$$

CS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 010037
SVSIND

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

INC095-010046-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-060401T0100Z/
MADISON-
736 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

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

THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

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 4030 8537 4010 8558 3998 8559 4002 8524
      4008 8521 4016 8522 4038 8521

$$

INC035-065-010100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-060401T0100Z/
DELAWARE-HENRY-
736 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST
FOR NORTHERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...

AT 735 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALBANY TO SELMA TO MIDDLETOWN...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUNKIRK TO MUNCIE TO 9 MILES EAST OF
ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRINGPORT AROUND 745 PM EST...
  BLOUNTSVILLE AROUND 755 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 4030 8537 4010 8558 3998 8559 4002 8524
      4008 8521 4016 8522 4038 8521

$$

CS

000 
WWUS53 KIND 010101
SVSIND

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

INC035-065-010111-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-060401T0100Z/
DELAWARE-HENRY-
801 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN HENRY AND
SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 800 PM EST...

THE SEVERE STORMS HAD EXITED THE AREA.

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 4030 8537 4010 8558 3998 8559 4002 8524
      4008 8521 4016 8522 4038 8521

$$

CS

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, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 12:52 PM EST, 6 hours 21 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, 6 hours 14 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, 6:43 PM EST, 30 minutes before

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

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

0640 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 W BROWNSBURG          39.84N 86.41W
03/31/2006                   HENDRICKS          IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CP

Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:45 PM EST, 28 minutes before

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

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

0636 PM     HAIL             SHERIDAN                40.13N 86.22W
03/31/2006  E1.00 INCH       HAMILTON           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0633 PM     HAIL             GREENCASTLE             39.64N 86.84W
03/31/2006  E0.75 INCH       PUTNAM             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CP

Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:53 PM EST, 20 minutes before

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

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

0642 PM     HAIL             2 W CLOVERDALE          39.52N 86.84W
03/31/2006  E0.75 INCH       PUTNAM             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0650 PM     HAIL             6 N NOBLESVILLE         40.14N 86.03W
03/31/2006  E1.00 INCH       HAMILTON           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0648 PM     HAIL             MOORESVILLE             39.62N 86.37W
03/31/2006  E1.00 INCH       MORGAN             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CP

Local storm report, Mar 31, 6:57 PM EST, 16 minutes before

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

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

0649 PM     HAIL             MOORESVILLE             39.62N 86.37W
03/31/2006  E1.00 INCH       MORGAN             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CP

Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:08 PM EST, 5 minutes before

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

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

0642 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NE DANVILLE           39.84N 86.41W
03/31/2006                   HENDRICKS          IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            24 INCH DIAMTER TRE AND ROOF SHEETING 90 DEGREES APART

0653 PM     HAIL             CLOVERDALE              39.52N 86.80W
03/31/2006  E1.75 INCH       PUTNAM             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            I70 AT MILE MARKER 39

0642 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NE DANVILLE           39.84N 86.41W
03/31/2006                   HENDRICKS          IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            DEAD TREE 20 INCH DIAMETER DOWN

&&

CP

Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:10 PM EST, 3 minutes before

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

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

0710 PM     TSTM WND GST     INDIANAPOLIS            39.78N 86.15W
03/31/2006  M61 MPH          MARION             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 7:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan	67 min
Mar 31, 7:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock	49 min
Mar 31, 7:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Owen	18 min
Mar 31, 7:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush, Shelby	66 min
Mar 31, 7:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	49 min
Mar 31, 7:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	50 min
Mar 31, 7:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	28 min
Mar 31, 7:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Shelby	45 min
Mar 31, 7:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	44 min
Mar 31, 8:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Shelby	34 min
Mar 31, 8:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Monroe	36 min
Mar 31, 8:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin	46 min
Mar 31, 8:19 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	24 min
Mar 31, 8:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Greene, Jackson, Jennings and 4 more	54 min
Mar 31, 8:42 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	48 min
Mar 31, 9:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Jennings	23 min
Mar 31, 9:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.