Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2008, 10:01 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 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, 10:01 PM EDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 10:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 070201 SVRIND INC005-145-070245- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0088.080607T0201Z-080607T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1001 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1045 PM EDT * AT 953 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY... OR 9 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 46 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 77. 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 3940 8569 3917 8576 3919 8604 3940 8589 TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 264DEG 40KT 3934 8574 $$ JK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 070216 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1016 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 INC005-145-070226- /O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0088.000000T0000Z-080607T0245Z/ BARTHOLOMEW-SHELBY- 1016 PM EDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BARTHOLOMEW AND SOUTH CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED GREATLY. LAT...LON 3940 8569 3917 8576 3919 8604 3940 8589 TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 264DEG 40KT 3935 8553 $$ 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, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 5:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 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 46 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, 7:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 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.
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Jun 6, 8:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 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
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Jun 6, 8:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 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
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Jun 6, 9:11 PM EDT, 50 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
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Jun 6, 9:36 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
936 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM HAIL MARTINSVILLE 39.42N 86.42W
06/06/2008 E0.75 INCH MORGAN IN PUBLIC
0815 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 W JASONVILLE 39.16N 87.22W
06/06/2008 M0.80 INCH GREENE IN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SHAKAMAK STATE PARK LARC REPORTED 0.80 IN 30 MINS...0.50
IN 15 MINS...RATE OF 1.60 INCHES PER HOUR
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Jun 6, 9:38 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
938 PM EDT FRI JUN 06 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 W FARMERSBURG 39.25N 87.40W
06/06/2008 M0.90 INCH SULLIVAN IN OFFICIAL NWS OBS
SHAKAMAK STATE PARK LARC REPORTED 0.90 INCHES IN 15
MIN...RATE OF 3.60 INCHES PER HOUR
&&
HEROLDThe 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, 9:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson | 30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.