Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2008, 4:23 PM EDT for Clay County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 21, 2008, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clay County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 996 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 212023 SVRIND INC021-167-212100- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0137.080621T2023Z-080621T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 423 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL VIGO COUNTY...OR NEAR TERRE HAUTE... AND MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NORTH TERRE HAUTE BY 435 PM EDT... RILEY BY 450 PM EDT... SEELYVILLE BY 455 PM EDT... STAUNTON BY 500 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 27. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3958 8703 3926 8708 3926 8754 3961 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 279DEG 16KT 3947 8745 $$ BROOKS
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KIND 212052
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
452 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
INC021-167-212100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0137.000000T0000Z-080621T2100Z/
CLAY-VIGO-
451 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR CLAY AND VIGO COUNTIES...
AT 446 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RILEY...OR
NEAR TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 23 MPH.
THE TERRE HAUTE AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 52 MPH WITH THIS
STORM.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CENTER POINT BY 500 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 3952 8753 3960 8738 3958 8703 3926 8708
3926 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 285DEG 20KT 3944 8726
$$
SALLYWhat 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 21, 1:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 150 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 .DISCUSSION...A S/W FM ERN WI INTO IL WAS PUSHING ACRS NRN INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM HUMID AIR MASS WAS IN PLACE ACRS THE STATE AS DEW POINT TEMPS WERE IN THE UPPER 50S TO MIDDLE 60S. LATEST OBS SOW SEVERAL BOUNDARIES ACRS INDIANA...WHERE CONVERGENCE IS TAKING PLACE AND THEY WL BE THE FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING TSRA DEVELOPMENT. MAIN CHALLENGE TDY WL BE POPS. MODELS REMAIN IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT AND WL ONCE AGAIN WORK A BLEND. THE NW FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AND THE ONGOING S/W IS THE FIRST OF TWO WAVES THAT WE WILL SEE OVR THE NEXT 24HRS. GIVEN THE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR TSRA DEVELOPMENT...WL KEEP AT LEAST CHC POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE EVENING...ALTHOUGH BEST DYNAMICS SHOULD BE EAST OF OUR AREA AT THAT TIME...WE CANNOT RULE OUT A RENEGADE TSRA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT 00Z SHOW CAPE NEAR 1500 J/KG WITH FAVORABLE LIS FOR DEVELOPMENT...AND LITTLE CAP. COLUMN IS A BIT WARMER ACRS THE SRN PART OF THE FA...HENCE WL USE A GRADIENT TO LOWER VALUES THERE. WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING OVERNIGHT AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF DYNAMICS WL REMOVE TSRA CHCS OVERNIGHT. AS FOR TEMPS...H8 TEMPS CONTINUE A SLOW FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT BUT GIVEN OUR CURRENT DEWPOINTS MOS LOOKS A LITTLE COOL. WL LEAN TO THE WARMER SIDE HERE BY 1-2 DEGREES. A SECOND SHORT WAVE WL PUSH ACRS INDIANA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND Q VECTORS SHOW DECENT LOWER LVL CONVERGENCE. GOOD MOISTURE WL REMAIN IN PLACE AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS ONCE AGAIN SHOW SOME INSTABILITY AVAILABLE. TIME SECTIONS ALSO SHOW SOME GOOD VV ALONG WITH DECENT MOISTURE AVAILABLE. HENCE WL CONTINUE THE 50 PERCENT POPS THAT ARE ONGOING IN THE FORECAST. WITH COOLER H8 TEMPS EXPECTED AS THE UPPER TROUGH BUILDS ACRS THE AREA ON SUNDAY...THE MOS TEMPS LOOK GOOD AND WL USE A BLEND. UPPER TROUGH WL BE OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND WL NEED TO KEEP POPS IN ON SUNDAY NIGHT AS DAYTIME CONVECTION DIMINISHES DURG THE EVENING HRS. WITH COOLING H8 TEMPS WL LEAN TOWARD THE COOLER METMOS TEMPS FOR LOWS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW MID LEVELS DRYING OUT CONSIDERABLY ON MONDAY AS WE WILL THEN BE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH. THERE IS STILL MINIMAL CAPE AVAILABLE...AND A STRAY SHRA APPEARS POSSIBLE. WL CARRY A SLIGHT CHC FOR THIS...MAINLY ACRS THE NRN PART OF THE FA AND DURING PEAK HEATING HRS. WL STICK CLOSE TO MAVMOS FOR HIGHS. AS FOR THE EXTENDED...DRY WX IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AS HIGH PRES WL BE IN PLACE ACRS THE AREA. ECMWF AND GFS DISAGREE ABOUT A S/W PUSHING THROUGH IN THE NW FLOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WED...FOR NOW WL CONTINUE WITH THE CONTINUITY OF THE FORECAST AND KEEP SOME CHCS IN THE FORECAST THIS TIME. RETURN FLOW AT THE SFC BEGINS ON WED AND WARM AND MORE HUMID AIR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH THE ZONAL TO NW FLOW ALOFT SHUD RESULT IN SOME DAILY CHCS FOR TSRA...ESP WITH DIURNAL HEATING. ONGOING FORECAST HANDLES THIS PRETTY WELL AND WL MAKE ONLY MINOR CHANGES. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS VFR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE TAF PD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE 09Z-12Z TIMEFRAME WHEN FOG IS EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL MONITOR TRENDS FOR INCLUSION IN AFFECTED TERMINALS. IN THE MEAN TIME WILL GO WITH CB AND VCTS...IF NECESSARY...UNTIL BETTER TIMING FOR TSRA IS ATTAINABLE. WILL WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO INCLUDE TSRA BASED ON WHATS ON THE RADAR ATTM. AFTER THUNDERSTORMS END LATER THIS EVENING SKIES WILL REMAIN VFR BUT MOSTLY FOG WILL DEVELOP AROUND 09Z WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KHUF WHICH MIGHT GO DOWN TO IFR FOG. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT THIS IS TOO FAR OUT IN TIME TO PUT IN THE TERMINALS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...SALLY PUBLIC...PUMA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 4:40 AM EDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-061>065-069>072-221000- 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-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 440 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN SUNDAY WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERNS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060-067-068-221000- SULLIVAN-KNOX-DAVIESS- 440 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE AND WABASH RIVER IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THERE WILL BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FLOODING WILL GRADUALLY END BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY MONDAY...JUNE 23 THE ONLY REMAINING FLOOD WATERS WILL BE IN THE HAZLETON...MOUNT CARMEL AND NEW HARMONY AREAS. FLOODING WILL END IN THESE AREAS BY WEDNESDAY...JUNE 25. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL BEING THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERNS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 21, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
236 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0233 PM HAIL MUNCIE 40.20N 85.39W
06/21/2008 E0.75 INCH DELAWARE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
ABROOKSLocal storm report, Jun 21, 3:37 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
337 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0336 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE INDIANAPOLIS 39.83N 86.08W
06/21/2008 MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
13 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN NEAR PENDLETON PIKE AND
MIDHOFFER ROAD
&&
JPLocal storm report, Jun 21, 3:42 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
342 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM HAIL TERRE HAUTE 39.47N 87.38W
06/21/2008 E0.75 INCH VIGO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JPLocal storm report, Jun 21, 3:51 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
351 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0338 PM HAIL TERRE HAUTE 39.47N 87.38W
06/21/2008 E0.88 INCH VIGO IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NEAR 25TH AND POPLAR STREET
&&
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 49 min |
| Jun 21, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Owen | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam, Vigo | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.