Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 13, 2006, 4:50 AM EST for Hancock County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 13, 2006, 4:50 AM EST (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2006, 5:15 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hancock County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 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 130950 SVRIND INC059-097-131015- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0007.060113T0950Z-060113T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 450 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA EASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS * UNTIL 515 AM EST * AT 448 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTHPORT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... INDIANAPOLIS AROUND 455 AM EST WARREN PARK AROUND 500 AM 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 3963 8626 3964 8599 3980 8585 3990 8610 $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 131006 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 505 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 INC059-097-131015- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060113T1015Z/ HANCOCK-MARION- 505 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EST FOR EASTERN MARION AND SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES... AT 459 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUMBERLAND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. LAT...LON 3963 8626 3964 8599 3980 8585 3990 8610 $$ KOCH
000 WWUS53 KIND 131015 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 514 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 INC059-097-131024- /O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060113T1015Z/ HANCOCK-MARION- 514 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MARION AND SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 515 AM EST... THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM CELL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA AND WEAKENED. THUS...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 AM EST. TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN GREENWOOD WITH SOME DAMAGE TO VEHICLES. LAT...LON 3963 8626 3964 8599 3980 8585 3990 8610 $$ KOCH
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 Jan 13, 2:30 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 2:30 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 230 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006 .DISCUSSION...MODELS FAIRLY CONSISTENT EARLY ON. BEGIN TO SEE SOME DIFFERENCES BY 30 HRS AS H5 LOW DEEPER AND FURTHER NORTH PER GFS VS NAM. ECMWF/UKMET HAS SYSTEM EVEN FURTHER NORTH BUT SIMILAR STRENGTH TO GFS. GFS APPEARS TO HAVE INITIALIZED A BIT BETTER THAN NAM SO WL LEAN TOWARD GFS FOR THIS FORECAST. MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WL BE TIMING OF RAIN CHANGEOVER TO SNOW FRI AND AMOUNT. WATER VAPOR AT 05Z SHOWING SQUALL LINE ACROSS MO SW INTO TX. AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS CTRL MO WITH SECOND CDFNT ACROSS WRN IL. SOME LIGHTNING DETECTED OVR WRN IL AS WELL. EXPECT LOW TO DEVELOP ALONG SYSTEMS NR WRN IN BORDER BY 12Z. H85 TEMPS WELL ABOVE 0C TODAY THUS EXPECT PRECIP TO FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN INITIALLY. 50 KTS LLJ PRESENT EARLY IN THE EVENT BUT GRADUALLY MVS EAST LEAVING H85 WINDS 25-35 KTS BY 18Z. COULD SEE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER AS H85 LIS ARE NR 0C. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS INDICATE MODERATE RAIN ACROSS CWA MUCH OF THE DAY. COULD SEE A BRIEF DRY SLOT TOWARD AFTERNOON AS SYSTEM TRACKS EAST BUT OVRALL WL CONT WITH HIGH POPS. QPF AMOUNTS OVR 1 INCH TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CTRL AND ERN FA AND THIS APPEARS REASONABLE. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST WEST CONSIDERING SYSTEMS POSITION. MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD CONSIDERING AMOUNT OF WAA EARLY ON. QUESTION TONIGHT BECOMES TIMING OF COLD AIR INTO CWA. SFC LOW AND ASSOCIATED CDFNT EAST OF FA BY 00Z. H5 LOW NOT FORECAST TO MV THRU INDIANA UNTIL OVRNGT HRS. STRONG VORTICITY PRESENT. IN ADDITION...H85 TEMPS FALL TO BLO 0C BY 00Z ACROSS WRN FA AND BY 06Z BLO 0C READINGS ARE FOUND ACROSS ENTIRE FA. H85 FRONTOGENESIS SHOWING UP AT 00Z SAT ACROSS NWRN SECTIONS OF CWA AS WELL. MODELS CONT TO SHOW GOOD MOISTURE BEHIND SYSTEM AND CURRENT OBS BEHIND SYSTEM SUPPORT THIS AS WELL. MAIN ISSUE IS LATEST GFS HAS TROWAL NORTH OF FA LATER MVG EAST. APPEARS MORE LIKELY TO SEE INCREASED SNOW AMOUNTS NORTH AND EAST THAN ACROSS CTRL INDIANA. DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME -SN THROUGH. PLAN TO BACK OFF ON SNOW AMOUNTS SLIGHTLY. ANOTHER ISSUE WL BE WINDS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. GUIDANCE SUGGESTING SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 28KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WL BE CLOSE TO WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. FOR NOW...WL HOLD OFF ON ADVISORY BUT WL HAVE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS CLOSELY. MOS CONTS TO HAVE A HANDLE ON OVRALL LOWS. WL USE BLEND. COLDER H85 TEMPS AND STRONG CAA SAT WL HELP RETURN WX TO MORE SEASONAL SFC TEMPS. TIME SECTIONS KEEP PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS FA DURING THE MORNING WITH SOME CLEARING BY AFTERNOON. AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE NOSES INTO FA AND DOWNWARD MOTION OCCURS. MOS GUIDANCE ONCE AGAIN SIMILAR. WL USE BLEND. NEXT CHC FOR PRECIP WL HAPPEN SUN NGT INTO MON. AT PRESENT...TEMPS APPEAR WARM ENOUGH FOR PRECIP TO FALL IN LIQUID FORM. RAIN WL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TUE. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && JB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 2:41 PM EST, 14 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 241 PM EST THU JAN 12 2006 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-131015- 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- 241 PM EST THU JAN 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ON FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME, SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BY FRIDAY NIGHT, RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW. IT APPEARS THAT SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. CURRENTLY, THE TIME FRAME FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW POTENTIAL APPEARS TO BE FROM 9 PM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH 3 AM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR SNOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) CO
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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.