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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2008, 11:20 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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
- Jun 3, 2008, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brown County, IN, Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 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 3, 11:25 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Bloomington, IN | ONE TREE DOWN ON ZIKES ROAD |
| Jun 3, 11:46 AM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Nne Bedford, IN | |
| Jun 3, 11:46 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Bedford, IN | *** 1 INJ *** DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND TREES ON BARTLETTSVILLE ROAD AND TODD LANE. DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED ON MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD AND WALLNER QUARRY ROAD. TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ON HILL SMITH ROAD. ONE MALE WAS INJURED AND HAD A BROKEN FOOT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 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 031521
SVRIND
INC013-055-093-105-031600-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0049.080603T1520Z-080603T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1120 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL NOON EDT
* AT 1115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...OR NEAR
BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY REMEMBER...IF
YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 3896 8680 3914 8676 3917 8634 3904 8633
3902 8633 3885 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 264DEG 69KT 3912 8645
$$
JK2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KIND 031542
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1141 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
INC055-031551-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080603T1600Z/
GREENE-
1141 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3885 8631 3893 8663 3907 8652 3915 8637
3904 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 264DEG 69KT 3915 8593
$$
INC013-093-105-031600-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080603T1600Z/
BROWN-LAWRENCE-MONROE-
1141 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR
NORTHERN LAWRENCE...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN BROWN
COUNTIES...
AT 1139 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3885 8631 3893 8663 3907 8652 3915 8637
3904 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1541Z 264DEG 69KT 3915 8593
$$
JK000
WWUS53 KIND 031559
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1159 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
INC013-093-105-031609-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080603T1600Z/
BROWN-LAWRENCE-MONROE-
1159 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAWRENCE...
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
NOON EDT/1100 AM CDT/...
LAT...LON 3885 8631 3893 8663 3907 8652 3915 8637
3904 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1559Z 264DEG 69KT 3918 8549
$$
JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Brown, Clay, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Parke and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 14 days |
| Jun 3, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 67 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 18 days |
| Jun 3, 11:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 11:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 18 min |
| Jun 3, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and 1 more | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 39 min |
| Jun 3, 3:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 20 hr |
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.