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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 20087 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2008, 10:11 PM EDT for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 9 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: May 30, 2008, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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
May 30, 10:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 55	1 Se Brownsburg, IN
May 30, 10:15 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	5 E Castleton, IN	TREE LIMBS DOWN...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOUSE
May 30, 10:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 65	2 Se Brownsburg, IN
May 30, 10:24 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	6 N Indianapolis, IN	ALLISONVILLE AND KESSLER BLVD
May 30, 10:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	9 Nne Indianapolis, IN	EIGHT INCH TREE BLOWN DOWN AT 86TH ST AND I465
May 30, 10:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ne Indianapolis, IN	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
May 30, 10:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Ne Indianapolis, IN	ROOF OFF HOUSE INTO ROAD
May 30, 10:49 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Ne Indianapolis, IN	ROOF OFF HOUSE INTO ROAD
May 30, 11:10 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	3 N Indianapolis, IN	MERIDIAN AND 28TH STREET

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 6 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 11 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
May 30, 2:56 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 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 310212
SVRIND
INC011-057-063-097-107-121-133-310300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0029.080531T0211Z-080531T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1011 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1007 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY TO WEST CENTRAL PUTNAM
  COUNTY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF
  INDIANAPOLIS TO 26 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WYNNEDALE BY 1020 PM EDT...
  CLAYTON BY 1025 PM EDT...
  WARREN PARK BY 1030 PM EDT...
  HOMECROFT BY 1040 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 138.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 10.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 93.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 98.

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 3995 8711 4002 8664 4007 8591 3993 8593
      3993 8595 3988 8595 3988 8596 3974 8596
      3965 8599 3965 8646 3972 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 283DEG 47KT 3996 8609 3966 8688

$$

CO

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310251
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1049 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

INC011-057-107-310259-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080531T0300Z/
BOONE-HAMILTON-MONTGOMERY-
1049 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BOONE...SOUTHERN
MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3985 8711 3988 8681 3988 8671 3989 8671
      3994 8608 3993 8595 3988 8595 3988 8596
      3973 8596 3965 8599 3965 8646 3972 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 283DEG 47KT 3984 8546 3955 8625

$$

INC063-097-121-133-310300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080531T0300Z/
HENDRICKS-MARION-PARKE-PUTNAM-
1049 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM...HENDRICKS...MARION AND EAST CENTRAL PARKE
COUNTIES...

AT 1045 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 JUST SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO NORTH OF ROCKVILLE.

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 3985 8711 3988 8681 3988 8671 3989 8671
      3994 8608 3993 8595 3988 8595 3988 8596
      3973 8596 3965 8599 3965 8646 3972 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 283DEG 47KT 3984 8546 3955 8625

$$
JK

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310300
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1100 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

INC063-097-121-133-310310-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080531T0300Z/
HENDRICKS-MARION-PARKE-PUTNAM-
1100 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM...HENDRICKS...
MARION AND EAST CENTRAL PARKE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

LAT...LON 3985 8711 3988 8681 3988 8671 3989 8671
      3994 8608 3993 8595 3988 8595 3988 8596
      3973 8596 3965 8599 3965 8646 3972 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 283DEG 47KT 3983 8543 3954 8622

$$
JK

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 May 30, 6:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
650 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 310000Z TAF ISSUANCE. OLD OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY EXTENDING FM NRN IND WSWWD INTO NRN MO WITH BROKEN LN OF
CONVECTION DVLPG ALONG IT. SFC OBS/MODEL DATA SUGGEST THIS OUTFLOW
WL SAG SEWD ACRS THE LOCAL AREA THIS EVEN. INSTABILITY AXIS LOCATED
JUST TO THE SE OF DVLPG CONVECTIVE LN...SO CONVECTION SHOULD
CONTINUE TO DVLP/MAINTAIN ITSELF FOR AWHILE. AS A RESULT...
CONVECTIVE THREAT SHOULD BE HI OVR THE TAF SITES INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HRS. APPEARS GREATEST THREAT WL GRADU SHFT SEWD THIS EVEN...PROBABLY
ENDING AT THE KBMG TERMINAL BE 310700Z OR SO. BRIEF IFR/LIFR CONDS
LIKELY IN THE HEAVIER CONVECTION. SYNOPTIC WND FIELD SUGGEST 30-40KT
SFC WND GUSTS PROBABLE WITH THE CONVECTION AS WELL...HOWEVER
LOCALIZED HIGHER GUSTS PSBL WITH ANY SVR CONVECTION.

NOT SEEING A LOT OF LO CLD COVER DVLPG BEHIND CONVECTIVE LN...SO
XPCTG CIGS GENERALLY ABV 050 AFT CONVECTIVE LN PASSES.

&&

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/
MAIN CHALLENGE WL BE TIMING/CVRG AND INTENSITY OR TRWS ACRS THE FA
TNGT AND INTO SATURDAY. REGIONAL RADAR WAS SHOWING TRWS EXTENDING
FM THE LWR GT LKS TO NRN MO. MODELS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR IN DRAGGING
CD FNT SE ACRS CNTRL INDIANA OVERNGT AS UPR TROF SWINGS E ACRS THE
GT LKS AND OH VLY. ILX SOUNDING REVEALED FAIRLY STG CAP BUT
CONTINUED HEATING AND FNT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES GETTING CLOSER
ALONG WITH MODEL SOUNDING 3000 J/KG CAPES SHOULD TRIGGER WIDESPREAD
TRWS ACRS THE FA ESP AFT 00Z AS A SEVERE SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE THROUGH WITH PLNTY OF DYNAMICS AS 50 KT LOW LVL JET AND 70 KT
H5 JET MOVE ACRS CNTRL IN AND 100 KT 250 MB JET MOVES ACRS THE GT
LKS. SO...WL GO WITH LIKELY TO OCCASIONAL POPS TNGT AND MENTION
HEAVY RAIN AND SVR IN ZONES WITH FA ALL IN MODERATE RISK. FNT TO MOV
ACRS OUR SRN ZONES ON SATUDAY MRNG. KEPT SMALL CHC IN WITH CAPES
AGAIN BECOMING RATHER UNSTABLE AROUND 2000 J/KG. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE
ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS SFC HIGH PRES BUILDS IN.

MOS TEMPS PRETTY CLOSE AND APPEAR REASONABLE GIVEN LOW LVL THERMAL
PROGS AND EXPECTED CLD CVR.

&&

.LONG TERM.../SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/

FORECAST FOCUS IS CHANCES FOR RAIN THRU THE PD.

ECMWF AND GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH GFS
INCONSISTENT ON ITS SOLUTIONS AS OF LATE. THUS WENT CLOSE TO A BLEND
OF ECMWF/GFS MEAN WHICH IS ALSO CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE.

CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL RETURN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AS STRONG WARM
ADVECTION BEGINS ALOFT. ISENTROPIC PROGS SHOW LIFT ALONG WITH SOME
MOISTURE AT MID LEVELS. THUS ADDED POPS ACROSS SWRN FA DURING THE
AFTN.

CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL THEN CONTINUE THRU MUCH OF THE PD AS A FRONT
MOVES INTO THE AREA AND STALLS OUT. CONFIDENCE NOT HIGH ON ANY
TIMING THAT FAR OUT BUT WENT HIGHER POPS DURING THE DAY WHERE MORE
INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT. DID GO DRY ON FRI WITH ECMWF SHOWING
RIDGING ALOFT DOMINATING.

WENT CLOSE TO HPC NUMBERS FOR HIGHS DURING THE PD WHICH SHOULD BE
NEAR AVERAGE FOR EARLY JUNE.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

SHORT TERM...MK
LONG TERM...CS
AVIATION...JAS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:16 PM EDT, 6 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
316 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

INZ031-038>042-045>049-052>057-060>065-067>072-311000-
HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-
MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-
SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
316 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS. BUT LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A
POSSIBILITY...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS
ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE LATE
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL
BE AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING WHEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND
MOVE EAST INTO INDIANA. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST
BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SATURDAY...AND
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS
ON SATURDAY.

THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FROM MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS
WILL BE SEVERE...REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
A THREAT IN ALL THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ021-028>030-035>037-043-044-051-311000-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-
VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-
316 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE GREATEST THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS. BUT LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A
POSSIBILITY...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ENCOUNTER A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS
ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE LATE AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE AFTER
9 PM THIS EVENING WHEN THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST
INTO INDIANA. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST BETWEEN 9 PM AND
3 AM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON SATURDAY...AND
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AREAS SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS
ON SATURDAY.

THERE WILL BE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FROM MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS
WILL BE SEVERE...REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
A THREAT IN ALL THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA
AFTER 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

&&

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, May 30, 8:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
855 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

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

0850 PM     TSTM WND GST     MARSHALL                39.85N 87.19W
05/30/2008  E60 MPH          PARKE              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

0852 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARSHALL                39.85N 87.19W
05/30/2008                   PARKE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, May 30, 9:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
903 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

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

0855 PM     TORNADO          4 E MARSHALL            39.85N 87.11W
05/30/2008                   PARKE              IN   PUBLIC

            TREE DEBRIS IN AIR

0856 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 S WAYNETOWN           40.04N 87.07W
05/30/2008                   MONTGOMERY         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, May 30, 9:32 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
932 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

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

0820 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 E CAYUGA              39.95N 87.45W
05/30/2008                   VERMILLION         IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            SIX TO EIGHT INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. ROOF SHINGLES LOST.

0835 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARSHALL                39.85N 87.19W
05/30/2008                   PARKE              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            EIGHT TO TEN INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. TRASH DUMPSTERS OVER
            TURNED.

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARSHALL                39.85N 87.19W
05/30/2008                   PARKE              IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            THREE FOOT TREE LIMBS TWISTED OFF TREES.

0853 PM     TSTM WND GST     MARSHALL                39.85N 87.19W
05/30/2008  M68 MPH          PARKE              IN   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, May 30, 9:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
939 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

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

0910 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KOKOMO                  40.48N 86.13W
05/30/2008                   HOWARD             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS.

0920 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NE LAFAYETTE          40.44N 86.83W
05/30/2008  M1.77 INCH       TIPPECANOE         IN   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, May 30, 9:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
939 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

CORRECTED TO ADD PERIOD OF RAINFALL

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

0910 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KOKOMO                  40.48N 86.13W
05/30/2008                   HOWARD             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS.

0920 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NE LAFAYETTE          40.44N 86.83W
05/30/2008  M1.77 INCH       TIPPECANOE         IN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAINFALL TOTAL OVER 2.29 HOURS

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, May 30, 9:43 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
943 PM EDT FRI MAY 30 2008

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

0940 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     NORTH SALEM             39.86N 86.64W
05/30/2008                   HENDRICKS          IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HEROLD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard	34 min
May 30, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	38 min
May 30, 8:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	39 min
May 30, 8:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	48 min
May 30, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	6 hr
May 30, 8:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	39 min
May 30, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	45 min
May 30, 9:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	48 min
May 30, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	43 min
May 30, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 1 more	5 hr
May 30, 10:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	43 min
May 30, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby	58 min
May 30, 10:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock	41 min
May 30, 10:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison	28 min
May 30, 11:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	24 min
May 30, 11:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph, Rush	4 hr
May 30, 11:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	42 min
May 30, 11:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more	51 min
May 30, 11:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	3 hr
May 30, 11:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby	46 min
May 31, 12:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan, Shelby	39 min
May 31, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	26 min
May 31, 12:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	46 min
May 31, 1:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen	31 min
May 31, 1:42 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Owen	33 min
May 31, 2:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	34 min
May 31, 2:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	29 min
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	5 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	7 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	16 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	17 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	21 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	21 days

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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.