Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2008, 5:34 PM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- May 30, 2008, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2008, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Warren County, IN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:56 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 302134
SVRIND
INC171-302215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0021.080530T2134Z-080530T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
534 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT/515 PM CDT/
* AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FOWLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 47 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PINE VILLAGE BY 550 PM EDT...
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.
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 4049 8753 4049 8728 4048 8727 4049 8716
4048 8710 4039 8710 4038 8710 4037 8713
4039 8754 4048 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 271DEG 40KT 4048 8752
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 302152
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
552 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
INC171-302215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080530T2215Z/
WARREN-
552 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY...
AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR PINE VILLAGE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
LAT...LON 4049 8753 4049 8728 4048 8727 4049 8716
4048 8710 4039 8710 4038 8710 4037 8713
4039 8754 4048 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 271DEG 40KT 4048 8726
$$000
WWUS53 KIND 302213
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
613 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
INC171-302223-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080530T2215Z/
WARREN-
613 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM EDT...
LAT...LON 4049 8753 4049 8728 4048 8727 4049 8716
4048 8710 4039 8710 4038 8710 4037 8713
4039 8754 4048 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 271DEG 40KT 4048 8695
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 28 min |
| May 30, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll | 45 min |
| May 30, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 28 min |
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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.