Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2009, 7:08 PM EDT for Hendricks County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 28, 2009, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 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 282308 SVRIND INC063-109-282345- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0013.090328T2308Z-090328T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 708 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMINENCE...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LITTLE POINT AROUND 715 PM EDT... MONROVIA AROUND 720 PM EDT... STILESVILLE AROUND 725 PM EDT... CLAYTON AROUND 730 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 65. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 68. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3989 8660 3985 8634 3945 8645 3949 8665 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 192DEG 30KT 3948 8656 $$ 16/SH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 282336 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 736 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 INC109-282346- /O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090328T2345Z/ MORGAN- 736 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3963 8662 3989 8660 3985 8634 3964 8640 TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 192DEG 30KT 3971 8650 $$ INC063-282345- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090328T2345Z/ HENDRICKS- 736 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR HENDRICKS COUNTY... AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAYTON...OR 19 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PITTSBORO AROUND 745 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3963 8662 3989 8660 3985 8634 3964 8640 TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 192DEG 30KT 3971 8650 $$ 16/SH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 36 min |
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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.