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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2009Clinton County, Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2009, 8:33 PM EDT for Clinton County, Hamilton County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 86 min. 2 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: May 30, 2009, 8:33 PM EDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2009, 9:59 PM EDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clinton County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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
May 30, 8:43 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Michigantown, IN	SPOTTER NEAR MICHIGANTOWN OBSERVES A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH A FUNNEL CLOUD ON THE STORM OVER NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY
May 30, 9:12 PM EDT	TORNADO	5 Sw Tipton, IN	REPORTS OF BUILDINGS DOWN AND PEOPLE TRAPPED NEAR THE TIPTON/HAMILTON COUNTY LINE ON SR31

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 827 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
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 310033
SVRIND
INC023-057-159-310115-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0044.090531T0033Z-090531T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
833 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 832 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MICHIGANTOWN...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  FRANKFORT...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KEMPTON AROUND 855 PM EDT...
  TIPTON AROUND 910 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4039 8627 4038 8627 4038 8625 4028 8600
      4017 8614 4039 8649 4044 8646 4044 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 301DEG 27KT 4039 8639

$$

HAINES

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310050
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
850 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

INC023-057-159-310115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-090531T0115Z/
CLINTON-HAMILTON-TIPTON-
850 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON...SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON AND EAST CENTRAL
CLINTON COUNTIES...

AT 846 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KEMPTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
KOKOMO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KEMPTON AROUND 855 PM EDT...
  TIPTON AROUND 910 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4039 8627 4038 8627 4038 8625 4028 8601
      4017 8614 4031 8635 4040 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 301DEG 27KT 4032 8624

$$
HAINES

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310114
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
914 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

INC057-159-310125-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-090531T0115Z/
HAMILTON-TIPTON-
914 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

LAT...LON 4025 8624 4036 8623 4032 8625 4037 8624
      4028 8601 4017 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 301DEG 27KT 4022 8603

$$

HAINES

000 
WWUS53 KIND 310059
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
959 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

INC023-310110-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-090531T0115Z/
CLINTON-
959 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLINTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4025 8624 4036 8623 4032 8625 4037 8624
      4028 8601 4017 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 301DEG 27KT 4028 8616

$$

INC057-159-310115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-090531T0115Z/
HAMILTON-TIPTON-
959 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL HAMILTON AND SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTIES...

AT 858 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KEMPTON...
OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TIPTON AROUND 910 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.

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 4025 8624 4036 8623 4032 8625 4037 8624
      4028 8601 4017 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 301DEG 27KT 4028 8616

$$

HAINES

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 May 30, 7:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 7:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
722 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

.AVIATION...

DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS.

TSRA THE ISSUE IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS. WILL HANDLE WITH VCTS
AND CB MENTION GIVEN ITS SCATTERED NATURE AND THEN UPDATE AS
STORMS GET CLOSER AND EXACT TIMING CAN BE DETERMINED. AFTER 03-04Z
THE STORMS WILL END AND THEN IT SHOULD BE VFR FOR THE REST OF THE
PERIOD AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009/

DISCUSSION...

PROBLEM OF DAY IS POPS...

THAT BEGINS TONIGHT. CONVECTION HAS NEVER REALLY TAKEN OFF ALONG
DEWPOINT NEAR SW CWA. HOWEVER YOU CAN STILL SEE A FRONT TO OUR
PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS AND A WAVE ALOFT OVER SAME AREA. HARD TO RULE
OUT CHANCE OF CONVECTION COMPLETELY.

IN MORE WESTERN COUNTIES RELATIVELY HIGH POPS ALREADY IN THROUGH 23Z
MAY BE ENOUGH...BUT MOST AREAS WILL NEED A CHANCE FOR EARLY TONIGHT.
WILL BE CLOSER TO MET ON THIS SINCE AS IWX POINTS DRY AIR OVER MOST
OF CWA WILL RESTRAIN THINGS. WILL ALSO ONLY MENTION RW AS OPPOSED TO
TS WHERE DRY AIR DOMINATES.

MODELS ARE IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT ABOUT SFC HIGH NOW APCHG US
KEEPING DRY WEATHER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. BY LATE MONDAY QUESTION IS
WHEN NEXT FRONT WILL BRING RAIN. SURPRISINGLY...SREF AND GFS CLOSER
TO EACH OTHER THAN NAM. THIS SUGGESTS NAM SOLN OUTLIER AND MAY NOT
BE OPTIMAL...WHICH IN TURNS SUGGESTS FRONT MAY HANG TO OUR WEST.

ASSUMING FRONT HANGS...IT WILL BE EASY TO FALL INTO TRAP OF BRINGING
IN RAIN TOO FAST. HOWEVER UNTIL I HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE THIS IS HOW
THINGS WILL WORK...I CAN LIFE WITH THE CHC MAV POPS MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY.

GUIDANCE NOT THAT DIFFERENT ON TEMPS. WITH SOUTHLY FLOW DEVELOPING
AROUND HIGH TO SE AS ALL MODELS AGREE...WE MAY GET PRETTY WARM.
HOWEVER THIS WILL BE VERY DEPENDENT ON SKY COVER AND I DONT WANT TO
GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF THE GAME. FOR NOW WILL USE WARMEST OF MAV/MET.

&&

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

AVIATION...JOHNSON

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:53 AM EDT, 16 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
353 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-310800-
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-
353 AM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA
TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
WITH STRONG WIND...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN
THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

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

SALLY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 7:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
717 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

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

0716 PM     HAIL             GREENFIELD              39.79N 85.77W
05/30/2009  E0.25 INCH       HANCOCK            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SHAINES

Local storm report, May 30, 7:54 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
754 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

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

0752 PM     HAIL             2 NE STRAUGHN           39.83N 85.26W
05/30/2009  U1.00 INCH       HENRY              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JOHNSON

Local storm report, May 30, 7:59 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
759 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

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

0757 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 NW LEBANON            40.11N 86.55W
05/30/2009                   BOONE              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FUNNEL CLOUD BEING OBSERVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT NEAR
            INTERSATE 65 AND SR 47

&&

JOHNSON

Local storm report, May 30, 8:10 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
810 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

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

0810 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 NW LEBANON            40.11N 86.55W
05/30/2009                   BOONE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WALL CLOUDS.

&&

JOHNSON

Local storm report, May 30, 8:11 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
811 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

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

0811 PM     HAIL             FLORA                   40.54N 86.52W
05/30/2009  U1.00 INCH       CARROLL            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

JOHNSON

Local storm report, May 30, 8:19 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
819 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2009

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

0819 PM     TSTM WND GST     SHERIDAN                40.13N 86.22W
05/30/2009  E60 MPH          HAMILTON           IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED GREATER THAN 60 MPH AND DIME SIZE
            HAIL

&&

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	13 min
May 30, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	27 min
May 30, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard, Tipton	45 min
May 30, 8:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton	42 min
May 30, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	20 min
May 30, 8:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	50 min
May 30, 8:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	44 min
May 30, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery	37 min
May 30, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	43 min
May 30, 9:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	53 min
May 30, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	52 min
May 30, 9:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Henry, Madison	34 min
May 30, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	42 min
May 30, 9:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan	48 min
May 30, 10:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	2 hr
May 30, 10:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	37 min
May 30, 11:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby	34 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.