Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 1, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:48 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Greencastle, IN | ALSO WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 012015 SVRIND INC133-012100- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0040.080601T2015Z-080601T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 415 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 411 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 NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROACHDALE BY 425 PM EDT... BAINBRIDGE BY 430 PM EDT... FILLMORE BY 445 PM EDT... 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 3988 8701 3986 8670 3953 8670 3976 8703 TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 303DEG 23KT 3979 8695 $$ NIELD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KIND 012033 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 433 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 INC133-012100- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080601T2100Z/ PUTNAM- 433 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY... AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAINBRIDGE...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GREENCASTLE BY 440 PM EDT... FILLMORE BY 445 PM EDT... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3988 8701 3986 8670 3953 8670 3976 8703 TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 303DEG 23KT 3973 8683 $$ NIELD
000 WWUS53 KIND 012049 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 449 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 INC133-012100- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080601T2100Z/ PUTNAM- 449 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY... AT 444 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 FILLMORE...OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 26 MPH. 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 3979 8680 3979 8670 3953 8670 3966 8688 TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 303DEG 23KT 3967 8672 $$ NIELD
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 Jun 1, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 245 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 .DISCUSSION... MAIN WEATHER PROBLEM WILL BE THE CHANCE OF RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUE. FOR THE VERY SHORT TERM AN ISOLATED TSTM DEVELOPED WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING ALONG A WEAK BOUNDRY IN NW INDIANA. 50DBZ REFL IS HIGH ENOUGH FOR SOME SMALL HAIL WITH THIS. THIS STORM SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH SUNSET. CROSS SECTIONS OF ALL MODELS ARE VERY DRY TNGT. SKIES SHOULD BE CLEAR TO MO CLEAR UNTIL LATER TNGT WHEN SOME HIGH LEVEL MSTR BEGINS TO MOVE IN. THERE SHOULD NOT BE ENOUGH CLOUDINESS TO PREVENT TEMPS FROM DROPPING. THE SLIGHTLY WARMER ETA TEMPS LOOK BETTER. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER INDIANA ON MONDAY. CROSS SECTIONS SHOW HIGHER LVL MOISTURE CONTINUING TO INCREASE. WILL GO WITH INCREASING CLDS DURING THE DAY. 850 MB TEMPS INCREASE SLIGHTLY SO WILL GO A LITTLE WARMER THEN TODAY. MODELS TEMPS ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER SO WILL GO WITH THEM. A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD INDIANA MONDAY NIGHT. THE ETA HAS REAL GOOD PVA MOVING IN. ETA HAS LI DROPPING TO ARND -2 WITH NGM MORE STABLE. SOME STORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING BUT MOST ACTION WILL HAPPEN AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITH GOOD WAA TEMPS WILL NOT DROP LOWER THEN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NRN INDIANA ON TUE. LI DROPS TO -5. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE LIKELY POPS. THE SCT TSTMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA TUE NIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF TSTMS CONTINUING. THE NEXT BEST CHC WILL BE FRI NIGHT WHEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NRN PART. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS VFR CIGS WL CONT WITH ONLY SOME SCT DIURNAL CU EXPECTED PER THE CU DEVELOPMENT PROGS. COULD ALSO BE A COUPLE OF HOURS OF MVFR FOG TOWARD MRNG UNDER BROAD AREA OF SFC HIGH PRES. NW WINDS AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING CALM AFTER DARK AND LGT FM THE SSE MID MRNG MONDAY. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && AVIATION...MK PUBLIC...SH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:41 AM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 INZ021-030-031-036>042-045>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-020845- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN- MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS A THREAT IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND LASTING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IT APPEARS THAT SOME ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY BUT IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE DETAILS. REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT IN ALL THUNDERSTORMS. .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) INZ028-029-035-043-044-051-060-067-020845- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX- 441 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOWLAND FLOODING ON THE WABASH RIVER WILL CONTINUE TODAY. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...BUT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS A THREAT IN ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LOWLAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WABASH RIVER THROUGH MID WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND LASTING UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IT APPEARS THAT SOME ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY BUT IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE DETAILS. REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT IN ALL THUNDERSTORMS. .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) JOHNSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:44 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 344 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 INZ035-043-044-012030- FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION- 344 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST CENTRAL INDIANA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM PERRYSVILLE IN NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY...TO KINGMAN IN SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY...AND TURKEY RUN STATE PARK IN NORTHERN PARKE COUNTY AT 335 PM EDT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS STORM IS OVER TURKEY RUN STATE PARK AT THIS TIME. THOSE WHO ARE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DO NOT STAND UNDER TREES OR OTHER TALL OBJECTS...AS THESE OBJECTS MAY BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN CREEKS AND OTHER LOW SPOTS...AS THESE AREAS ARE VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING. NIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Monroe | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.