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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 20084 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 7:16 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 15, 2008, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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
Jun 15, 7:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Whitestown, IN	TREE AND SEVERAL LIMBS DOWN.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 29 minutes after it went out.

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
Jun 15, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 325 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
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 152317
SVRIND
INC011-063-107-133-160000-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0121.080615T2316Z-080616T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
716 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE       
  EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 10 MILES    
  NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW ROSS BY 725 PM EDT...
  ADVANCE BY 730 PM EDT...
  ROACHDALE BY 735 PM EDT...
  ULEN BY 740 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 132 AND 143.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 61.

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 4011 8680 4009 8625 3962 8674 3961 8703
      3964 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 270DEG 30KT 4011 8666 3989 8693
          3962 8732

$$
SALLY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 152327
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
727 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INC011-063-107-133-160000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-080616T0000Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-
727 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS...SOUTHERN BOONE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

AT 726 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROACHDALE BY 735 PM EDT...
  ULEN BY 740 PM EDT...
  NORTH SALEM BY 745 PM EDT...
  LIZTON BY 750 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 4011 8680 4009 8625 3962 8674 3961 8703
      3964 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 270DEG 30KT 4011 8654 3989 8681
          3962 8720

$$
JK

000 
WWUS53 KIND 152357
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
756 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INC011-063-107-133-160006-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-080616T0000Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-
756 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM...NORTHWESTERN
HENDRICKS...SOUTHERN BOONE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT/700 PM CDT/...

STRONG STORMS HAVE LEFT THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4011 8680 4009 8625 3962 8674 3961 8703
      3964 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 270DEG 30KT 4011 8622 3989 8650
          3962 8689

$$

JK

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 Jun 15, 2:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:34 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
234 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

.DISCUSSION...

FORECAST FOCUS IS ON CHANCES FOR RAIN INTO MID WEEK.

AT 18Z AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM PREV CONVECTION WAS STRETCHING
ACROSS THE CENTRAL FORECAST AREA /FA/. DEWPOINTS WERE IN THE UPPER
50S AND LOWER 60S. A TSRA COMPLEX WAS ACROSS IA/MO.

MODELS WERE IN DECENT AGREEMENT...THOUGH NONE HAS REALLY CAPTURED
WHAT WENT ON THIS AM AND IS GOING ON NOW. WILL USE A BLEND FOR MUCH
OF FCST BUT NOT RELY ON THEM FOR CONVECTION THIS EVENING.

BASED ON CURRENT MOVEMENT...AT LEAST PART OF TSRA COMPLEX COULD BE
ACROSS THE FA AT 00Z. THIS WILL MAKE POPS KIND OF DIFFICULT IN TERMS
OF WHETHER TO GO LIKELY OR NOT. EITHER WAY MAV POPS ARE TOO LOW. FOR
NOW WILL GO 50 POPS WITH SCT WORDING. MOST LIKELY WILL REQUIRE
UPDATING AS EXTENT OF COVERAGE BECOMES APPARENT. /PRIOR TO 00Z WILL
UP POPS FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE GRIDS ACROSS WRN FA TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE APPROACHING TSRA/. SPEED MAX MOVES IN OVERNIGHT AND WILL
GENERATE ADDITIONAL LIFT FOR AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WILL
CONTINUE 50 POPS WITH SCT WORDING OVERNIGHT. FA IS STILL IN MODERATE
RISK AND WILL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT RISK IN HWO. OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY MAY ADD TO SVR THREAT. MAV TEMPS LOOK TOO COOL ACROSS SRN
FA AS COOLER AIR WILL NOT ARRIVE THERE UNTIL LATE. THUS WENT WITH A
BLEND OF COLDER MAV AND WARMER MET NUMBERS.

FRONT WILL EXIT THE AREA ON MON BUT WILL HANG AROUND LONG ENOUGH FOR
CHANCE POPS MOST OF THE DAY WITH HIGHEST POPS ACROSS SRN FA CLOSER
TO FRONT. MAV TEMPS LOOK TOO WARM FOR CLOUDS AND SCT PRECIP. AGAIN
WENT WITH A BLEND OF MAV/MET.

UPPER LOW WILL SET UP ACROSS SE CANANA/NERN USA INTO MID WEEK. FA
WILL BE IN NW FLOW AND WILL KEEP COOLER CONDS ACROSS THE AREA. NW
FLOW IS NOTORIOUS FOR SENDING WAVES DOWN INTO THE AREA AND
GENERATING PRECIP...BUT AM NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH OF ANY ONE PERIOD TO
INTRODUCE POPS AT THIS TIME. THUS HAVE KEPT TUE-THU DRY FOR THE
MOMENT. THIS MAY CHANGE. A BLEND OF MET/MAV LOOKS REASONABLE INTO
TUE FOR TEMPS.

IN THE EXTENDED...MOST MODELS HINTING AT RAIN ON FRI AND SAT...SO
HAVE ADDED LOW CHANCE POPS FOR THEN.

&&

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS.
MOSTLY VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT SCT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY
A CONCERN MAINLY TONIGHT. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NR A KIND-KMIE LINE.
HOWEVER SO FAR NOTHING HAS DEVELOPED ALONG IT.  MAIN CONCERN WILL BE
LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NRN MISSOURI AND EXTREME
SOUTHERN IOWA.  THIS WILL MOVE OUR WAY AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE A CONCERN BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NAM INDICATES A POSSIBLE
PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AS CD FNT MOVES IN.
FORTUNATELY...PREVAILING CONDITIONS TO REMAIN VFR. WILL END
THUNDERSTORMS ALL AREAS BY 12-15Z.

&&

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

&&

AVIATION...JH
PUBLIC...CS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
323 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INZ021-028>031-035>042-045>049-052-054>057-062>065-072-161930-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-
MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS-
323 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE BEST
CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 600 PM AND
MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL
A SECONDARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY LINGER INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY. AT
THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ043-044-051-053-060-061-067>071-161930-
VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-
LAWRENCE-JACKSON-
323 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO INTO
TONIGHT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING
WINDS APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL A SECONDARY
THREAT.

RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK
OF THE WHITE...MUSCATATUCK...AND WABASH RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY LINGER INTO THE DAY ON MONDAY. AT
THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK
OF THE WHITE...MUSCATATUCK...AND WABASH RIVERS INTO THE SECOND
HALF OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:41 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
641 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0637 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LAFAYETTE               40.41N 86.87W
06/15/2008                   TIPPECANOE         IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND LIMBS DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY TO THE NORTHWEST
            OF LAFAYETTE. WINDS AT 60 MPH.

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:51 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
651 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     10 NE WILLIAMSPORT      40.39N 87.16W
06/15/2008                   WARREN             IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWER POLES AND TREES DOWNED NEAR STATE ROAD 26 AND
            COUNTY ROAD 875 EAST.

0640 PM     TSTM WND GST     LAFAYETTE               40.41N 86.87W
06/15/2008  E70 MPH          TIPPECANOE         IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:59 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
659 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MONTEZUMA               39.79N 87.37W
06/15/2008                   PARKE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWNED.

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:04 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
704 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0703 PM     TSTM WND GST     FRANKFORT               40.28N 86.51W
06/15/2008  E50 MPH          CLINTON            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, Jun 15, 7:10 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

0703 PM     TSTM WND GST     12 SW ROCKVILLE         39.64N 87.39W
06/15/2008  E70 MPH          PARKE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DTUCEK

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:11 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
711 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>055-160030-
BOONE-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-
HENDRICKS-HENRY-HOWARD-JOHNSON-MADISON-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-
PARKE-PUTNAM-RANDOLPH-TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN-
711 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA...

A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH
CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR. WHILE VERY STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS DO NOT SUPPORT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. THE
TURBULENT CONDITIONS BELOW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE CLOUD
FORMATIONS THAT MAY LOOK LIKE A FUNNEL CLOUD. TORNADOES WILL HAVE
ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH INDIANA. THEY SHOULD MOVE
EAST OF INDIANA BY LATE IN THE EVENING.

HAINES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	67 min
Jun 15, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	42 min
Jun 15, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	48 min
Jun 15, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	36 min
Jun 15, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	63 min
Jun 15, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	54 min
Jun 15, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vigo	33 min
Jun 15, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	36 min
Jun 15, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion	51 min
Jun 15, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	47 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.