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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2008, 12:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 9, 2008, 12:30 AM EDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2008, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 12:50 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairland, IN | TREE DOWNED. |
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 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1433 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 090430
SVRIND
INC081-097-109-145-090500-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0222.080909T0430Z-080909T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1230 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT
* AT 1226 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF BROOKLYN...OR 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 57 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...
GREENWOOD...SOUTHPORT AND BEECH GROVE...
NEW WHITELAND...WHITELAND AND BARGERSVILLE...
HOMECROFT...
WARREN PARK...
FAIRLAND...
IN ADDITION TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3956 8581 3941 8635 3959 8645 3961 8640
3964 8633 3966 8630 3980 8604 3971 8596
3970 8597 3970 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 246DEG 49KT 3957 8627
$$
JC2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 090447
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1247 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
INC081-097-109-145-090500-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-080909T0500Z/
MARION IN-SHELBY IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN-
1247 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...NORTHERN JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN SHELBY AND
SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES...
AT 1243 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW WHITELAND...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 57 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE...
FAIRLAND...
IN ADDITION TO PENNY SIZE HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3956 8581 3941 8635 3959 8645 3961 8640
3964 8633 3966 8630 3980 8604 3971 8596
3970 8597 3970 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0447Z 248DEG 49KT 3960 8600
$$
JC000
WWUS53 KIND 090457
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1257 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
INC081-097-109-145-090504-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0222.000000T0000Z-080909T0500Z/
MARION IN-SHELBY IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN-
1254 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...NORTHERN
JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHERN MARION COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 100 AM EDT...
AT 1253 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. HEAVY RAINFALL AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST AT 55 MPH.
IF YOU HAVE SEVERE WEATHER TO REPORT...YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3941 8635 3959 8645 3960 8639 3966 8630
3980 8604 3971 8596 3970 8597 3970 8595
3956 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 248DEG 49KT 3963 8588
$$
JCWhat 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 Sep 8, 7:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 7:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 712 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 0Z TAFS. COLD FNT WL MV THRU THE SITES OVER THE NEXT 6 HOURS. COULD SEE THUNDER WITH IT HOWEVER WITH BEST FORCING STAYING N AND W OF THE SITES AND NOT MUCH INSTABILITY THINK CHANCES ARE LOW ENOUGH TO LEAVE OUT. RAIN COULD LAG THE WIND SHIFT A BIT BUT NOT ENUF TO SEPARATE IN TAFS. CIGS WL FALL WITH ARRIVAL OF FNT...BUT LOWEST CIGS COULD ALSO LAG BEHIND THE WIND SHIFT AS THE BEST CONVERGENCE IS BEHIND THE FNT. POSITIVE LL RISING MOTION ALONG WITH SINKING MOTION ALOFT BEHIND THE FNT AND TURBULENT MOTION IN THE BL SHUD MAKE IDEAL CONDS FOR IFR OR LOWER CIGS BEHIND THE FNT. EXPECT THESE LOWEST CONDS TO LAST FOR AROUND 4 HOURS OR SO AND LIFT BY AROUND 14Z. FNT WL WEAKEN AS IT PROGRESSES AND THUS KBMG COULD AVOID THE PRECIP ALTOGETHER AND THE LIFR CIGS. && .PREV DISCUSSION...UPPR LVL SYS CURRENTLY OVR THE NRN PLAINS/MIDWEST XPCTD TO PROGESS EWD THRU THE GRTLKS ON TUES...AND EVENTUALLY OFF THE NEW ENGLAND CST BY WED. RATHER FLAT RDGG WL DVLP ACRS THE OH VLY IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYS. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE MAIN DETAILS. FCST FOCUS CENTERS ON POPS EARLY IN THE SHORT RANGE PD ASSOCIATED WITH MIDWEST SYS. FOR TONIGHT...AREA OF SHWRS/TSTMS MOVG NEWD THRU NRN IL SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING SOME OF THE NW ZONES OVR THE NEXT FEW HRS BASED ON CURRENT MOVEMENT. NOT SURE HOW FAR E AREA WL PROGRESS AS DEEPER LIFT SEEMS TO BE LOCATED BACK IN THE COOLER AIR AND SFC INSTABILITY NOT ALL THAT GREAT. IN ANY EVENT...TAIL END OF LIFT WITH THE UPPR SYS XPCTD TO PUSH THRU THE LOCAL AREA LTR THIS EVEN...ALONG WITH FROPA IN THE 00Z-06Z TUES TIME FRAME. WL KEEP HI POPS GOING TONIGHT IN THE N WHERE LIFT IS BETTER...TAPERING TO CHC POPS FARTHER S. IN THE LTR PDS...WL HOLD ONTO A SML CHC POP OVR THE FAR SEN ZONES FOR EARLY TUES MORN...BUT SEEMS CHCS OF ANYTHING LINGERING IN THOSE AREAS AFT SUNRISE ARE DIMINISHING. REST OF SHORT RANGE PD INTO THURS LOOKS DRY WITH LRG SFC HI DRFTG ACRS THE GRTLKS/NEW ENGLAND. BASED ON LO LVL THICKNESSES...APPEARS NGM MOS MAY STILL BE UNDER ESTIMATING THE COOL AIR COMING IN BEHIND FNT. WL NUDGE THE GUIDANCE TEMPS DOWN A LTL TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...JAS AVIATION...CP
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 10:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1044 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 INZ037-039-045>048-052>057-060>065-067>072-091000- BOONE-HAMILTON-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 1044 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM EDT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-029>031-038-040>042-049-091000- CARROLL-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-MADISON-DELAWARE- RANDOLPH-HENRY- 1044 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED ALTHOUGH DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ028-035-036-043-044-051-091000- WARREN-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO- 1044 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) KOCH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 8, 10:15 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1015 PM EDT MON SEP 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1004 PM HAIL 8 NW NORTH TERRE HAUTE 39.62N 87.47W
09/08/2008 E1.00 INCH VERMILLION IN AMATEUR RADIO
1007 PM HAIL TERRE HAUTE 39.47N 87.38W
09/08/2008 E1.50 INCH VIGO IN BROADCAST MEDIA
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Sep 8, 10:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1052 PM EDT MON SEP 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1045 PM HAIL PITTSBORO 39.87N 86.46W
09/08/2008 E0.88 INCH HENDRICKS IN AMATEUR RADIO
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Sep 8, 10:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1058 PM EDT MON SEP 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1056 PM HAIL BROWNSBURG 39.84N 86.39W
09/08/2008 E0.75 INCH HENDRICKS IN PUBLIC
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Sep 8, 11:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1111 PM EDT MON SEP 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 PM HAIL INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
09/08/2008 E0.50 INCH MARION IN BROADCAST MEDIA
AT 71ST STREET AND INTERSTATE 465
1105 PM HAIL INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
09/08/2008 E0.75 INCH MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
LOCATED AT 7500 NORTH MICHIGAN ROAD
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Sep 8, 11:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1112 PM EDT MON SEP 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1109 PM HAIL INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
09/08/2008 E0.75 INCH MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
LOCATED AT 86TH STREET AND TOWN ROAD
&&
HEROLDSpecial weather statement, Sep 9, 12:08 AM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1208 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008 INZ045>047-053>055-090445- HENDRICKS IN-JOHNSON IN-MARION IN-MORGAN IN-OWEN IN-PUTNAM IN- 1208 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 1208 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF MARTINSVILLE...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 53 MPH. WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MARTINSVILLE... MOORESVILLE... BETHANY...BROOKLYN AND LAKE HART... TRAFALGAR... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA. JC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 22 min |
| Sep 8, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 48 min |
| Sep 8, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 41 min |
| Sep 8, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.