Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2009, 11:21 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 24 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 19, 2009, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2009, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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 19, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 200321 SVRIND INC045-107-121-133-200345- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0089.090620T0321Z-090620T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1121 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE... NORTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 1119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARSHALL...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WAVELAND AROUND 1130 PM EDT... NEW MARKET AROUND 1140 PM EDT... NEW ROSS AROUND 1145 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 45. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && LAT...LON 3996 8733 4017 8671 3978 8670 3973 8729 TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 246DEG 49KT 3986 8719 $$ CP
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KIND 200337 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1137 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 INC045-107-121-133-200345- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-090620T0345Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM- 1137 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM...NORTHERN PARKE...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES... AT 1136 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW MARKET...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW ROSS AROUND 1145 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3996 8733 4017 8671 3978 8670 3973 8729 TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 246DEG 49KT 3995 8693 $$ CO
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 19, 6:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 620 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 0Z. MAIN ISSUE IS TIMING OF TSRA AT THE SITES. FIRST ROUND SHUD AFFECT KLAF BETWEEN 0 AND 1Z BASED ON TIMING OF STORMS IN IL. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN IL IS POINTING TOWARDS MORE SIGNIFICANT COVERAGE ESPECIALLY ACRS THE NORTHERN SITES. TIME HTS ARE SHOWING BEST LIFT OVR KIND AT 6Z IN BOTH GFS AND NAM BUT NEITHER MODEL APPEARS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON CURRENT SITUATION. CCFP SHOWS LIKELY THUNDER ACRS KIND AND KLAF AND PERHAPS KHUF BY 3Z. THIS MATCHES BEST WITH UPSTREAM CONDS...ALTHOUGH HAVE SOME CONCERNS BASED ON CURRENT MOVEMENT THAT STORMS COULD EVEN STAY NORTH OF KIND AND KHUF. WL ATTEMPT TO NAIL DOWN GREATEST THREAT FOR EACH SITE FOR A FEW HOURS...ALTHOUGH EACH COULD GO A BIT LONGER. STILL LOTS OF MOISTURE AROUND SO EXPECT A DROP TO MVFR VSBYS AFTER STORMS MOVE OUT...AROUND 7-9Z OR SO. THIS WL MIX OUT AFTER SUNRISE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... MAIN CHALLENGE TO THE FCST WL BE TIMING/CVRG OF TRWS TNGT/EARLY SATURDAY ALONG WITH SEVERE POTENTIAL. COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN THIS TIME AROUND. FIRST OF ALL...THERE WAS A BROAD AREA OF UPR LVL HIGH PRES ACRS THE GULF STATES WITH A DEEP MOISTURE BELT ON ITS NRN PERIPHERY EXTENDING FM TX ACRS THE PLAINS...UPR MIDWEST...OH VLY AND APLCHNS. UPSTREAM...AN UPR TROF WAS MAKING GOOD EWD PROGRESS ACRS THE THE NRN PLAINS. AT THE SFC...A WARM FNT EXTENDED SE ACRS THE SRN GT LKS AND UPR OH VLY...WHILE A CD FNT STRETCHED SE FM LOW PRES ACRS NRN MN THROUGH CNTRL IA AND NCNTRL KS. RADAR WAS SHOWING STORMS WERE ONGOING INVOF THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM FNT AND ALSO ALONG A CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACRS ECNTRL IL THAT HAS PROMPTED A TORNADO WATCH FOR OUR NRN COUNTIES. FINALLY...ANOTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDED FM AROUND CINCINNATI NW TO THE ECNTRL IL BOUNDARY. THE ATMS WAS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE WITH LAPS SBCAPES IN EXCESS OF 3000 J/KG. HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD STORMS WERE HAVING A HARD TIME DEVELOPING ALONG THE CNTRL IN BOUNDARY DUE TO A STG 700 MB CAP (12 DEGREES CELSIUS)IN PLACE. MODELS WERE FAR APART FM EACH OTHER AND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON REGARDING QPF EXCEPT FOR THE NEW KID IN TOWN...THE HIGH RESOLUTION RAPID REFRESH WHICH WAS DOING A VERY NICE JOB IN INITIALIZING ITS REFLECTIVITY FIELDS. SHORT TERM REFLECTIVITY PROGS WERE VERIFYING WELL ALSO. SO REGARDING SHORT TERM...WL RELY PARTIALLY ITS FCST. OTHERWISE...MODELS MOVE THE PLAINS S/W ACRS THE GT LKS LATE TNGT. WIND FIELDS ALOFT WL INCRS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE S/W WHICH WL LEAD TO AN INCRSG SHEAR PROFILE THIS EVE AND OVERNGT. ALSO...THE CD FNT IS EXPECTED TO MOV INTO THE NWRN HALF OF CNTRL INDIANA BY 12Z SUN. SO...WITH INCRSG DEEP LIFT WITH S/W AND CD FNT APRCHG AND EXTREME INSTABILITY...TRWS WL BECOME WIDESPREAD THIS EVE AND TNGT ESP ACRS NRN PARTS OF THE FA IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO DEEPER MOISTURE. RAPID REFRESH WAS BRINGING WIDESPREAD STORMS TO CNTRL IN AROUND 00Z THIS EVE WHICH LOOKS REASONABLE. PRIOR TO THAT...WE COULD SEE ADDITIONAL STORMS FIRE NEAR THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH THE RAPID REFRESH IS HINTING AT OR SEE SOME OF THE IL STORMS DROP SE ALONG THE INSTABLITY GRADIENT ACRS OUR NRN FA...BUT WITH CAP EXPECT ACTIVITY TO BE MORE SCATTERED OR ISOLD. AT ANY RATE...WL GO WITH LIKELY POPS ACRS THE ENTIRE FA TNGT AND CHC POPS SATURDAY MRNG SE WITH SLGT CHC POPS NW BEHIND THE FNT. +40 KT 1000-500MB SHEAR AND EXTREME INSTABILITY WOULD SUPPORT BOW ECHOES AND SUPERCELLS...ALTHOUGH LCLS AND LFCS GREATER THAN 3K FT WOULD SUGGEST SMALL TORNADO CHANCE...BUT WL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON ANY STORM THAT INTERACTS WITH A BOUNDARY. FRZG LVLS NEAR 16K FT WOULD ALSO SUGGEST LG HAIL WL PROBABLY NOT BE THAT WIDESPREAD. AT ANY RATE...MODERATE RISK ESPECIALLY FOR DAMAGING WINDS LOOKS ON TRACK. ALTHOUGH...THERE WL CERTAINLY BE SOME HEAVY RAIN WITH PRECIP H20 VALUES AT AROUND 2.25 INCHES... BUT SPEED OF SYS SHOULD PRECLUDE FLOOD WATCH INSTEAD WL JUST MENTION HEAVY RAIN. WL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON OUR WCNTRL AND SRN COUNTIES...HOWEVER...WHERE 3 HR FFG IS AROUND 1.5 INCHES. WL KEEP HEAT ADVISORY GOING SO WITH 100 HEAT INDICES ON TRACK. NOT READY TO BUY INTO THE GFS AND ITS QPF LATE THIS WEEKEND...WL KEEP REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND ENTIRE EXTENDED DRY WITH THE FA PREDOMINATELY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRES. MOS TEMPS ARE VERY CLOSE AND APPEAR REASONABLE BASED ON EXPECTED CLOUD COVER...LOW LVL MOISTURE AND LOW LVL THERMAL PROGS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && AVIATION...CP PUBLIC...MK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 7:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 734 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-202345- 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- 734 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES TONIGHT. THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL OCCUR THROUGH 3 AM EDT OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY ONCE AGAIN. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE AT THIS TIME. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS OCCURRED TONIGHT && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1019 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1014 PM TSTM WND DMG INDIANAPOLIS 39.78N 86.15W
06/19/2009 MARION IN AMATEUR RADIO
TREE LIMBS DOWN AT 86TH STREET AND TOWN LINE ROAD.
&&
ABROOKSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:22 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1022 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1007 PM TSTM WND DMG JAMESTOWN 39.93N 86.63W
06/19/2009 HENDRICKS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
TEN INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. POWER IS OUT IN JAMESTOWN.
&&
ABROOKSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:27 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1027 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM TSTM WND DMG BROOKLYN 39.54N 86.37W
06/19/2009 MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE DOWN.
&&
ABROOKSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:29 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1029 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1022 PM TSTM WND GST FISHERS 39.95N 86.02W
06/19/2009 M65 MPH HAMILTON IN AMATEUR RADIO
WIND GUST AT 116TH STREET AND ALLISONVILLE ROAD.
&&
ABROOKSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:33 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1033 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1017 PM TSTM WND GST 15 N MORGANTOWN 39.59N 86.26W
06/19/2009 E50 MPH MORGAN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
ABROOKSLocal storm report, Jun 19, 10:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1054 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0955 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE BROWNSBURG 39.82N 86.37W
06/19/2009 HENDRICKS IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
&&
ABROOKSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain | 36 min |
| Jun 19, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 9:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 9:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 11:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 119 min |
| Jun 19, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton | 21 min |
| Jun 20, 1:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 2:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 12 min |
| Jun 20, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 22 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 22 hr |
| Jun 20, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 62 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.