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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 5, 20087 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 2008, 9:42 PM EST for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 48 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: Feb 5, 2008, 9:42 PM EST (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 10:30 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 5, 8:08 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 060242
SVRIND
INC011-057-059-081-097-109-145-060330-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0013.080206T0242Z-080206T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
942 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS...
  EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EST

* AT 940 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLERMONT TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MORGANTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  INDIANAPOLIS TO 22 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLERMONT BY 955 PM EST...
  ZIONSVILLE BY 1000 PM EST...
  TRAFALGAR BY 1005 PM EST...
  WILLIAMS CREEK BY 1010 PM EST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 127.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 12.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 98.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 106.

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.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4005 8631 4012 8595 4013 8586 3995 8587
      3994 8586 3970 8586 3935 8587 3935 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 246DEG 27KT 3988 8640 3949 8645

$$

JOHNSON

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 060256
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
957 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

INC011-057-059-081-097-109-145-060330-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080206T0330Z/
BOONE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-JOHNSON-MARION-MORGAN-SHELBY-
957 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR EASTERN MORGAN...JOHNSON...WESTERN SHELBY...MARION...WESTERN
HANCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 953 PM EST...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 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ZIONSVILLE TO 9 MILES WEST OF
MORGANTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
FRANKFORT TO 16 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ZIONSVILLE BY 1005 PM EST...
  SPEEDWAY BY 1010 PM EST...
  SPRING HILL BY 1015 PM EST...
  WILLIAMS CREEK BY 1020 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.

LAT...LON 4005 8631 4012 8595 4013 8586 3995 8587
      3994 8586 3970 8586 3935 8587 3935 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 246DEG 27KT 4005 8632 3940 8639

$$

KOCH

000 
WWUS53 KIND 060314
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1015 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

INC011-057-059-081-097-109-145-060330-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080206T0330Z/
BOONE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-JOHNSON-MARION-MORGAN-SHELBY-
1015 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR EASTERN MORGAN...JOHNSON...WESTERN SHELBY...MARION...WESTERN
HANCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...

AT 1011 PM EST...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 NOBLESVILLE TO FRANKLIN...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON TO 18 MILES
WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MCCORDSVILLE BY 1020 PM EST...
  NEW PALESTINE BY 1030 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.

LAT...LON 4005 8631 4012 8595 4013 8586 3995 8587
      3994 8586 3970 8586 3935 8587 3935 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 246DEG 27KT 4007 8591 3947 8606

$$

KOCH

000 
WWUS53 KIND 060322
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1022 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

INC011-057-059-081-097-109-145-060332-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080206T0330Z/
BOONE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-JOHNSON-MARION-MORGAN-SHELBY-
1022 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MORGAN...JOHNSON...
WESTERN SHELBY...MARION...WESTERN HANCOCK...SOUTHEASTERN BOONE AND
SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1030 PM EST...

LAT...LON 4005 8631 4012 8595 4013 8586 3995 8587
      3994 8586 3970 8586 3935 8587 3935 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 246DEG 27KT 4009 8584 3949 8600

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 8:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	38 min
Feb 5, 8:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	41 min
Feb 5, 8:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo	44 min
Feb 5, 8:56 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	4 hr
Feb 5, 8:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen	49 min
Feb 5, 9:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	50 min
Feb 5, 9:39 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	4 hr
Feb 5, 10:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	45 min
Feb 5, 10:39 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence	3 hr
Feb 5, 10:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson	46 min
Feb 5, 11:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	45 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.