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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 31, 2006Henry County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2006, 7:33 PM EST for Henry County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2006, 7:33 PM EST (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2006, 8:23 PM EST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henry County, IN, Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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.

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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 010033
SVRIND
INC065-139-010130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0046.060401T0033Z-060401T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 830 PM EST

* AT 731 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  WEST OF SHIRLEY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHIRLEY AROUND 740 PM EST...
  KENNARD AROUND 745 PM EST...
  GREENSBORO AROUND 750 PM EST...
  NEW CASTLE AROUND 755 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 3999 8557 3971 8564 3973 8532 3979 8532
      3980 8523 4002 8523

$$

NIELD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 010108
SVSIND

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

INC065-139-010130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-060401T0130Z/
HENRY-RUSH-
808 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND EASTERN HENRY COUNTIES...

AT 806 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW CASTLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CAMBRIDGE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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 4000 8537 3974 8546 3973 8532 3979 8532
      3980 8523 4002 8523

$$

CS

000 
WWUS53 KIND 010123
SVSIND

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

INC065-139-010133-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-060401T0130Z/
HENRY-RUSH-
823 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH AND EASTERN
HENRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE 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 4000 8537 3974 8546 3973 8532 3979 8532
      3980 8523 4002 8523

$$

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 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 12:52 PM EST, 6 hours 41 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 34 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, 7:08 PM EST, 25 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, 23 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

Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:17 PM EST, 16 minutes before

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

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

0710 PM     HAIL             HYMERA                  39.19N 87.30W
03/31/2006  E1.75 INCH       SULLIVAN           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0711 PM     HAIL             12 SE BRAZIL            39.40N 86.96W
03/31/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

CP

Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:19 PM EST, 14 minutes before

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

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

0718 PM     HAIL             JASONVILLE              39.16N 87.20W
03/31/2006  E1.75 INCH       GREENE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

CP

Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:25 PM EST, 8 minutes before

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

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

0723 PM     HAIL             3 SE INDIANAPOLIS       39.75N 86.11W
03/31/2006  E0.75 INCH       MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0721 PM     HAIL             JASONVILLE              39.16N 87.20W
03/31/2006  E1.75 INCH       GREENE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

CP

Local storm report, Mar 31, 7:29 PM EST, 4 minutes before

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

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

0729 PM     TORNADO          1 E GREENWOOD           39.62N 86.10W
03/31/2006                   JOHNSON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            I65 99 MILE MARKER NEAR MAIN STREET...TORNADO HAS BEEN
            SPOTTED ON THE GROUND

&&

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, 7:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison	47 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, 7:43 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

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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.