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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 6, 2008Bartholomew County, Brown County, Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2008, 9:29 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Brown County, Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 6, 2008, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2008, 9:59 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Johnson County, IN

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 6, 5:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 070129
SVRIND
INC005-013-081-070215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0087.080607T0129Z-080607T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
929 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY...OR 20 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AT 940 PM EDT

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 95.

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 3933 8627 3933 8626 3947 8626 3959 8601
      3928 8598 3927 8627
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 250DEG 53KT 3941 8611

$$

JK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 070153
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
953 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

INC013-070203-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080607T0215Z/
BROWN-
953 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BROWN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3931 8609 3948 8614 3951 8601 3950 8600
      3947 8600 3946 8599 3936 8599 3936 8598
      3928 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 250DEG 53KT 3953 8568

$$

INC005-081-070215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080607T0215Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-JOHNSON-
953 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW AND CENTRAL JOHNSON COUNTIES...

AT 944 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF FRANKLIN...OR NEAR
SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LAT...LON 3931 8609 3948 8614 3951 8601 3950 8600
      3947 8600 3946 8599 3936 8599 3936 8598
      3928 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 250DEG 53KT 3953 8568

$$

JK

000 
WWUS53 KIND 070159
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
959 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

INC005-081-070209-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-080607T0215Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-JOHNSON-
959 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW AND
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

STRONG STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3931 8609 3948 8614 3951 8601 3950 8600
      3947 8600 3946 8599 3936 8599 3936 8598
      3928 8598
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 250DEG 53KT 3955 8557

$$

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 Jun 6, 5:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 5:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
535 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS

TSRA WILL BE AROUND THE TAF SITES AT ISSUANCE TIME. WILL COVER WITH
TEMPOS AND ADJUST TIMING AS NECESSARY AT ISSUANCE TIME. AFTER FIRST
FEW HOURS WILL COVER WITH CB OR VCTS AS APPROPRIATE AS SHRA/TSRA MAY
HANG AROUND THRU 10Z FRONT WASHES OUT ACROSS NRN INDIANA.

COULD BE SOME MVFR FOG AFT 10Z DEPENDING ON WIND SPEEDS AND RAIN
COVERAGE. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE OUT DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE. EXPECT LOW
VFR CIGS OF BKN040 THRU 18Z OR SO THEN CLOUDS SHOULD BREAK OUT SOME.
WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY SAT AFTN AS WELL. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY
POP UP ON SATURDAY BUT COVERAGE LOOKS TOO LOW TO MENTION IN TAFS
ATTM.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST FOCUS WILL BE ON CHANCE OF THUNDER TONIGHT.

STRONG STORM SYSTEM NOW LIFTING INTO SOUTHERN CANADA WITH A TRAILING
500MB JET OF 50-70KTS FCST TO TRANSLATE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/OH
VALLEY THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINED WITH MIXED LAYER CAPE OF
1000-2000 J/KG WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SVR WX THIS EVENING.
STREAMLINES INDICATE A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY DEVELOPING ACROSS IL SO
EXPECT INTENSIFICATION TO OUR WEST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON.

TEMP FCST IS BASED LARGELY ON FCST 850MB TEMPS/1000-850MB
THICKNESSES. NO STRONG PREFERENCE FOR ONE MODEL OVER ANOTHER TODAY.

TONIGHT...EXPECT SCT SVR STORMS TO RACE NE ACROSS SOME PARTS OF
CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH 06Z. WIND FIELDS WEAKEN CONSIDERABLY AFTER
06Z SO EXPECT SVR CHCS TO DIMINISH THEREAFTER. PREFER THE HIGHER MAV
MOS RAIN CHCS TONIGHT AND WILL WORD SCT STORMS SOME SVR FOR TONIGHT.
MAIN THREAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING WINDS GIVEN POOR MID LVL
LAPSE RATES ALTHOUGH HAIL WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY ROTATING
STORM. A TORNADO OR TWO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION GIVEN THE
MAGNITUDE OF LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND HELICITY MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN
COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING BUT AS MENTIONED
PRIMARY THREAT SHOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH 6Z.

SAT...LINGERING SCT STORMS SHOULD BE ONGOING IN THE MORNING AS THE
AREA RESIDES ON THE NW PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND STRONGER
WESTERLIES. SOME WAA MAY PROMOTE ELEVATED CONVECTION THROUGH MIDDAY
BEFORE WARMER MID LVL TEMPS AND SUBSIDENCE STRENGTHEN. 850MB TEMPS
AND THICKNESSES SUGGEST HIGHS AROUND FRIDAY/S.

SAT NIGHT/SUN NIGHT...DRY BUT VERY WARM CONDS WILL PERSIST WITH
NEARLY IDENTICAL MAX TEMPS EXPECTED SUN WITH HIGHS NEAR 90.
HUMIDITIES WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES INTO THE UPPER 90S.

MON AND TUES...NEXT COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WITH ADDITIONAL SCT
STORMS EXPECTED. SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT SHOULD ARRIVE BY TUES
WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWER HUMIDITIES.

WEDS AND BEYOND...UPPER RIDGE BUILDS SO LOOK FOR HOT TEMPS TO
DEVELOP WEDS/THU.

&&

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

&&

AVIATION...CS
PUBLIC...CO

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:15 PM EDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-071915-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
315 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND IMPACT THE AREA THIS
EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS INCLUDE DAMAGING
WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING. A TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ALSO
REMEMBER THAT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A HAZARD
WITH ANY STORM THAT FORMS.

MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY OF THE RIVERS
ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGICAL STATEMENT FOR COMPLETE
INFORMATION AND MORE DETAILS REGARDING RIVER FLOODING.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

MANY CENTRAL INDIANA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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

CO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
744 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

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

0734 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 N ANDERSON            40.22N 85.69W
06/06/2008  E80 MPH          MADISON            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            MANY TREES DOWN AT SR37 AND 900N BLOCKING SR37

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
747 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

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

0722 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TIPTON                  40.28N 86.04W
06/06/2008                   TIPTON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF OF LARGE HEALTHY TREE SPLIT AND FALLEN

0740 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NW MUNCIE             40.25N 85.46W
06/06/2008                   DELAWARE           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON SR69 AT MILE MARKER 46

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
755 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

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

0750 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     GASTON                  40.31N 85.50W
06/06/2008                   DELAWARE           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DEBRIS IN AIR. OBSERVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:30 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
830 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

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

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHERIDAN                40.13N 86.22W
06/06/2008                   HAMILTON           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BARN DESTROYED. TIME IS ESTIMATED.

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SHERIDAN                40.13N 86.22W
06/06/2008                   HAMILTON           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            10 BUILDINGS DAMAGED...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...2 SEMI
            TRUCKS BLOWN OVER

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, Jun 6, 8:55 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
855 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

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

0852 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ELLETTSVILLE            39.23N 86.62W
06/06/2008                   MONROE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            MULTIPLE HAM RADIO REPORTS OF THIS FEATURE BETWEEN 2050
            AND 2054 EDT

&&

HEROLD

Local storm report, Jun 6, 9:11 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
911 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008

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

0903 PM     HAIL             PARAGON                 39.39N 86.56W
06/06/2008  E0.25 INCH       MORGAN             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0856 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 SW ELLETTSVILLE       39.22N 86.64W
06/06/2008                   MONROE             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GASTON                  40.31N 85.50W
06/06/2008                   DELAWARE           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 SEMI TRUCKS BLOWN OVER...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
            DOWN

&&

HEROLD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Monroe, Owen, Putnam	50 min
Jun 6, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	45 min
Jun 6, 9:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo	4 hr
Jun 6, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Shelby	15 min
Jun 6, 10:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	40 min
Jun 7, 12:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Monroe	4 hr
Jun 7, 1:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Morgan, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan and 1 more	3 hr
Jun 7, 4:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 4 more	18 hr
Jun 7, 8:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Johnson, Rush, Shelby	13 hr
Jun 7, 8:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Fountain, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Montgomery and 4 more	4 hr
Jun 7, 8:50 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	5 days
Jun 7, 10:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	4 hr
Jun 7, 12:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hamilton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 7, 1:53 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	6 hr
Jun 7, 3:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	4 days
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	68 hr
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike	8 days
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke	30 hr
Jun 7, 5:48 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	19 hr
Jun 7, 7:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.