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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2010, 7:14 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2010, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2010, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 243 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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 Apr 5, 7:10 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:10 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 710 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010 .AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 060000Z TAF ISSUANCE. CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH HAVE BEEN MAINLY AFFECTING THE KHUF/KBMG/KIND TERMINALS. ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM FRONT THAT IS PUSHING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. STABILITY PARAMETERS ARE INDICATING CAPPING IS INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AS MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WARM...SO DON/T THINK THERE WILL BE TOO MUCH IN THE WAY OF REDEVELOPMENT AFTER THIS ACTIVITY MOVES OUT. CONVECTION MAY LINGER TIL SHORTLY AFTER ISSUANCE TIME IN THE KIND AREA...BUT THINK THE THREAT FOR CONVECTION IS ABOUT OVER FOR THE REMAINDER OF TERMINALS. MODELS INDICATE A 45KT LOW LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP AROUND 025 LATER TONIGHT...SO THINK LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT AFTER ABOUT 060300Z AS NOCTURNAL INVERSION DEVELOPS. MODEL DATA SUGGEST INVERSION TOP AROUND 018. WIND SHEAR EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 061200Z. && .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/ ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY...WITH A STEADY WEST/SOUTHWEST BREEZE AND TEMPS IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80...DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM THE LOW 50S NORTH TO THE MID 60S SOUTH...AND 88D MOSAICS SHOWING RAPID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG AN AXIS FROM EASTERN MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. FORECAST FOCUS IS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT AND TEMPS/WINDS TOMORROW. ENVIRONMENT APPEARS PRIMED FOR A DECENT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM THREAT ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT PROGRESSES NORTHWARD THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPC SLIGHT RISK LOOKS GOOD...AND RISK MAY EXTEND FURTHER EAST WITH TIME...BEFORE SUNSET ALLOWS STABILIZATION AND DEGRADATION OF SUPPORTIVE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT. AS BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH OVERNIGHT...THREAT WILL END...W/ ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER THE FAR NORTHWEST. FOR TOMORROW...ENVIRONMENT IS STRONGLY CAPPED...AND IMPRESSIVE LOW LEVEL DYNAMICS COULD LEAD TO A VERY WINDY DAY. BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SUPPORTIVE OF GUSTS INTO THE MID 30KT RANGE EASILY...W/ SOME 40KT GUSTS POSSIBLE. THIS FLIRTS W/ WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND WILL NEED CLOSE MONITORING AS NEW GUIDANCE COMES IN. GFS APPEARS ON THE FAST SIDE OF THE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE W/ APPROACH OF NEXT SYSTEM ON LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AT THE MOMENT APPEAR TO BE A GOOD BET W/ A VERY STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT. INSTABILITY APPEARS SUFFICIENT...BUT MAY BE THE LIMITING FACTOR DEPENDING ON ARRIVAL TIME OF SYSTEM AND CLOUDINESS IN ADVANCE. ON TEMPS...GUIDANCE IS MUCH TOO COOL ON HIGHS TOMORROW AND TO A LESSER EXTENT WEDNESDAY...GIVEN A STRONGLY MIXED ENVIRONMENT...850 TEMP EXPECTATIONS...AND UPSTREAM TEMPS. HAVE RAISED MINS A BIT THROUGH THE SHORT TERM AS WELL W/ DEWPOINTS STAYING UP AND SOME CLOUDINESS FROM CONVECTIVE DEBRIS. && .LONG TERM.../12Z THURSDAY THROUGH DAY 7/ EXTENDED MODEL CONSISTENCY STILL LEAVES SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED...BUT IS VASTLY IMPROVED OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS. NOW APPEARS LIKELY THAT RIDGING WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA FAIRLY QUICKLY...AND ALLOW A RECOVERY OF TEMPS TO ABOVE NORMAL...IF NOT QUITE AS FAR ABOVE NORMAL AS RECENT DAYS. THIS SHOULD ALSO BRING ANOTHER FAIRLY EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER. WENT NEAR THE HIGH END OF ENSEMBLE MOS TEMPS AND NUMEROUS SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OUT OF THE EXTENDED. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...NIELD LONG TERM....NIELD AVIATION...JAS
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 1:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 141 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010 INZ031-037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-061000- HOWARD-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 141 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING. A FEW STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HAIL. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AT TIMES WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>030-035-036-043>045-051>053-060-061-067>069-061000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-VERMILLION- PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- 141 PM EDT MON APR 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AT TIMES WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 6:48 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
648 PM EDT MON APR 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM HAIL GOSPORT 39.35N 86.67W
04/05/2010 E1.75 INCH OWEN IN TRAINED SPOTTER
BROKE WINDSHIELD OF SPOTTER/S CAR
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Apr 5, 6:52 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
652 PM EDT MON APR 05 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0649 PM HAIL GREENWOOD 39.62N 86.11W
04/05/2010 E0.75 INCH JOHNSON IN AMATEUR RADIO
1 MILE WEST OF ARPT
&&
HEROLDLocal storm report, Apr 5, 7:02 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 5, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 24 min |
| Apr 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010
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.