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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 31, 2008Bartholomew County, Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 2:31 AM EDT for Bartholomew County, Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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 31, 2008, 2:31 AM EDT (06:31 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 10:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2008-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 310631
SVRIND
INC005-081-145-310700-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0039.080531T0631Z-080531T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
231 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT 228 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN BROWN
  COUNTY...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 37
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDINBURGH BY 240 AM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 83.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. 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 3927 8589 3926 8610 3933 8610 3934 8610
      3934 8612 3936 8612 3942 8593 3935 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0631Z 253DEG 32KT 3934 8607

$$

CO
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 310645
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
246 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

INC081-310656-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080531T0700Z/
JOHNSON-
246 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3927 8589 3933 8600 3934 8599 3934 8598
      3934 8597 3937 8597 3942 8593 3935 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 260DEG 31KT 3935 8590

$$

INC005-145-310700-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080531T0700Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-SHELBY-
246 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW AND SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 242 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN
SHELBY COUNTY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 36
MPH.

LAT...LON 3927 8589 3933 8600 3934 8599 3934 8598
      3934 8597 3937 8597 3942 8593 3935 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0646Z 260DEG 31KT 3935 8590

$$

CO
000 
WWUS53 KIND 310653
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
253 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

INC005-145-310703-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080531T0700Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-SHELBY-
253 AM EDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW AND 
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 3927 8589 3933 8600 3934 8599 3934 8598
      3934 8597 3937 8597 3942 8593 3935 8585
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 260DEG 31KT 3936 8582

$$

CO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WarningINDClinton, Howard34 min
May 30, 8:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion38 min
May 30, 8:21 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion39 min
May 30, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton48 min
May 30, 8:35 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion6 hr
May 30, 8:51 PM EDTTornado WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam39 min
May 30, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion45 min
May 30, 9:27 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Putnam48 min
May 30, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam43 min
May 30, 9:59 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 1 more5 hr
May 30, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion43 min
May 30, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Parke and 1 more49 min
May 30, 10:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby58 min
May 30, 10:34 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock41 min
May 30, 10:47 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Henry, Madison28 min
May 30, 11:03 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHenry, Rush24 min
May 30, 11:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHenry, Randolph, Rush4 hr
May 30, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Morgan, Parke, Putnam, Vigo42 min
May 30, 11:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more51 min
May 30, 11:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Marion3 hr
May 30, 11:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby46 min
May 31, 12:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan, Shelby39 min
May 31, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph26 min
May 31, 12:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby46 min
May 31, 1:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen31 min
May 31, 1:42 AM EDTTornado WarningINDMonroe, Owen33 min
May 31, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan34 min
May 31, 11:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren5 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren7 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo16 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo17 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan21 days
May 31, 11:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.