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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 20086 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 8:20 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 55 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: Jun 15, 2008, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2008, 9:15 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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, 8:49 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	1 E Morgantown, IN
Jun 15, 8:54 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	1 S Franklin, 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
Jun 15, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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: 496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 212 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 160020
SVRIND
INC005-013-031-081-139-145-160115-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0128.080616T0020Z-080616T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 818 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A   
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE TO 12 MILES      
  SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 23 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO 16 MILES 
  NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 49 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WHITELAND BY 825 PM EDT...
  FAIRLAND BY 830 PM EDT...
  TRAFALGAR BY 835 PM EDT...
  PRINCES LAKES BY 845 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 72 AND 100.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 143.

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 3926 8531 3923 8625 3948 8626 3963 8626
      3963 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 291DEG 42KT 3969 8583 3960 8608
          3948 8639 3937 8662

$$
SALLY

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 160035
SVSIND

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

INC005-013-031-081-139-145-160115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-080616T0115Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DECATUR-JOHNSON-RUSH-SHELBY-
834 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN...NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW...DECATUR...JOHNSON...
SHELBY AND SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 832 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 GREENFIELD TO MARTINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TRAFALGAR BY 840 PM EDT...
  SHELBYVILLE BY 845 PM EDT...
  RUSHVILLE BY 850 PM EDT...
  EDINBURGH BY 855 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3926 8531 3923 8625 3948 8626 3963 8626
      3963 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 291DEG 42KT 3965 8565 3956 8590
          3944 8621 3934 8644

$$

DRT

000 
WWUS53 KIND 160052
SVSIND

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

INC005-013-031-081-139-145-160115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-080616T0115Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DECATUR-JOHNSON-RUSH-SHELBY-
852 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN...NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW...DECATUR...JOHNSON...
SHELBY AND SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 846 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE TO 
SHELBYVILLE TO 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 
48 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TAYLORSVILLE BY 900 PM EDT...
  HOPE BY 905 PM EDT...
  HARTSVILLE BY 910 PM EDT...
  NEWPOINT BY 915 PM EDT...

LAT...LON 3926 8531 3923 8625 3948 8626 3963 8597
      3963 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 291DEG 42KT 3957 8540 3948 8565
          3936 8596 3926 8619

$$

JK

000 
WWUS53 KIND 160112
SVSIND

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

INC005-013-031-081-139-145-160122-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-080616T0115Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DECATUR-JOHNSON-RUSH-SHELBY-
912 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN...NORTHERN
BARTHOLOMEW...DECATUR...JOHNSON...SHELBY AND SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTIES 
WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER SEVERE IN THIS AREA.

LAT...LON 3926 8531 3923 8625 3948 8626 3963 8597
      3963 8531
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 291DEG 42KT 3948 8512 3939 8537
          3928 8568 3918 8591

$$
SALLY

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, 7:30 PM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 7:30 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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

.AVIATION DISCUSSION...FOR THE 00Z TAFS
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH INDIANA OVERNIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE FRONT. TAFS WILL START OUT WITH
THE TSTMS E OF LAF. THESE WILL BE IN THE VCNTY OF HUF AND IND
THROUGH 0130Z AND IN THE BMG VCNTY THROUGH 0230Z. THESE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KTS AND
HAIL. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN AFTER FROPA. ONLY SCT TO BKN CU WILL BE
PSBL.

&&

.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.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 03Z
FOR CENTRAL AND NRN INDIANA.

&&

AVIATION...SH
PUBLIC...CS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 57 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, 8:00 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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

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

0755 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST ALEXANDRIA              40.26N 85.68W
06/15/2008  E40 MPH          MADISON            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:04 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

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

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

0804 PM     HAIL             FISHERS                 39.95N 86.02W
06/15/2008  M0.25 INCH       HAMILTON           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            AT ALLISONVILLE ROAD AND ELLER ROAD.

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:06 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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

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

0803 PM     HAIL             INDIANAPOLIS            39.78N 86.15W
06/15/2008  E0.25 INCH       MARION             IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:10 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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

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

0808 PM     HAIL             CLOVERDALE              39.52N 86.80W
06/15/2008  E0.25 INCH       PUTNAM             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:13 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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

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

0801 PM     TSTM WND GST     MUNCIE                  40.20N 85.39W
06/15/2008  M66 MPH          DELAWARE           IN   ASOS

&&

DTUCEK

Local storm report, Jun 15, 8:16 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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

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

0815 PM     HAIL             PENDLETON               40.00N 85.74W
06/15/2008  M0.25 INCH       MADISON            IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DTUCEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	38 min
Jun 15, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	48 min
Jun 15, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby	44 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.