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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 14, 2010Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2010, 8:58 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 14, 2010, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2010, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 14, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2010-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1187 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2010-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 7:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
705 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

.UPDATE...

THE NEAR TERM AND AVIATION SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY AS A STATIONARY BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA. THIS PATTERN WILL END BY MID WEEK WHEN THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
OVER THE ROCKIES FINALLY SHIFTS AND BREAKS DOWN THE RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE THAT HAS BEEN ANCHORED OVER THE DEEP SOUTH FOR THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS. THERE SHOULD BE A BREAK IN THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT IT WILL QUICKLY RETURN FOR THE END OF
THE WEEK AS MORE WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/...

HAVE UPPED POPS TO CATEGORICAL EARLY IN THE EVENING ACROSS THE AREA
WITH A POTENT LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SWEEPING ACROSS
THE AREA. WILL ALSO MENTION DAMAGING WINDS EARLY...AND HEAVY RAIN
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT/...

GFS AND NAM SUGGEST ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL
INDIANA TUESDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. AGAIN THE VERY WARM AND
VERY HUMID AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AS CAPE ON TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOARS INTO THE 2K-3K RANGE. ACCOMPANIED WITH
LI/S OF -6 TO -7 CAN SEE NO REASON WHY ANOTHER ROUND OF PERSISTENCE
TYPE THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT OCCUR. AGAIN...PWATS REMAINS VERY HIGH
NEAR 2 INCHES...THUS ANY STRONG STORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS.

WILL TRY TO ADD SOME TIMING TO THE CONVECTION AGAIN FOR
TUESDAY...FOCUSING CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

AGAIN WITH A VARIABLE CLOUDY SKY ON TUESDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES
SHOULD EASILY REACH THEIR PERSISTENT LEVELS IN THE UPPER 80S. MAVMOS
HANDLES THIS WELL AND WILL STICK CLOSE.

COLD FRONT FINALLY CROSSES THE AREA ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL KEEP
LIKELY RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE NIGHT AS SOME COOLER AND DRIER AIR
BEGINS TO WORK ITS WAY IN. FORECAST SOUNDINGS REMAIN VERY SATURATED
DURING THE EARLY EVENING ON TUESDAY. THUS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WITH
LIKELY POPS...BUT ATTEMPT TO TAPER THINGS OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AGAIN WILL STICK CLOSE TO THE MAVMOS FOR
LOW TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/.

COLD FRONT SHOULD EXIT THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...HOWEVER
WILL KEEP SOME POPS AROUND DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THE
LINGERING FRONT MAY PRODUCE A FEW BACKSIDE SHOWERS.
HOWEVER...SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER AIR SHOULD CONTINUE TO FILTER
INTO THE STATE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.

ECMWF AND GFS BOTH HINT AT UPPER RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE RGN FOR
THE WEEKEND. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE ALONG WITH VERY WARM
H7 EXCEEDING 10C. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR DRY...BUT VERY WARM
CONDITIONS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

A WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL PUSH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND INDIANA ON
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. GIVEN THE POSSIBLE FORCING AND THE WARM
AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL NEED TO BE
REINSTATED.

MODELS THEN HINTING AT A SLIGHT COOL DOWN ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS
A COLD FRONT SINKS SOUTH ACROSS INDIANA ON NORTHEAST WINDS. IF
THIS DOES COME TO FRUITION...COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR WILL ARRIVE
TO START THE NEXT WORKWEEK.

&&

.AVIATION.../DISCUSSION FOR THE 15/00Z TAFS/

TIMED LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDER BEST AS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
SITES. SHOULD BE IMPACTING IND/BMG NEAR THE START OF THE
PERIOD...BUT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT REMAINS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...AND
A CB MENTION IS CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

EXTREMELY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...AND
HAVE LEANED HEAVILY ON PERSISTENCE TONIGHT...WITH PERIODS OF IFR
CEILINGS AND MVFR/HIGH END IFR FOG.

YET ANOTHER DAY TOMORROW W/ THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED...AND A VCTS/CB
MENTION WILL COVER IT FOR NOW.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR INZ036-037-039-
043>049-051>057-060>065-067>072.

&&

SYNOPSIS...TDUD/RYAN
NEAR TERM...NIELD
SHORT TERM...PUMA
LONG TERM....JP
AVIATION...NIELD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 5:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
555 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-152200-
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-
555 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS...LARGE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ISOLATED
TORNADOES ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT.

FLOOD ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MANY AREA RIVERS.
SEE THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE REMAINS A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE STORMS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL
ONCE AGAIN BE DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...LARGE HAIL...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN A THREAT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA RIVERS THROUGH MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. CONTINUE TO REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

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

NIELD

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:38 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
838 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

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

0832 PM     TSTM WND GST     SEYMOUR                 38.96N 85.89W
06/14/2010  E50 MPH          JACKSON            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN ALSO. WINDS POSSIBLY HIGHER.

&&

HEROLD
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:40 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
840 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

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

0835 PM     TSTM WND GST     FREETOWN                38.97N 86.13W
06/14/2010  E50 MPH          JACKSON            IN   PUBLIC

&&

HEROLD
Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:43 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
843 PM EDT MON JUN 14 2010

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

0810 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S ELLETTSVILLE        39.19N 86.62W
06/14/2010                   MONROE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            TWO LARGE TREES DOWNED.

&&

JKWIATKO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Monroe30 min
Jun 14, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Marion48 min
Jun 14, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Monroe32 min
Jun 14, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan33 min
Jun 14, 8:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings43 min
Jun 14, 8:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 3 more6 hr
Jun 14, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby37 min
Jun 14, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson33 min
Jun 14, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Madison, Rush28 min
Jun 14, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur18 min
Jun 15, 10:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison26 hr
Jun 15, 10:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion36 hr
Jun 15, 10:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan36 hr
Jun 15, 10:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan48 hr
Jun 15, 10:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen12 hr
Jun 15, 10:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen12 hr
Jun 15, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVigo48 min
Jun 15, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan47 min
Jun 15, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan38 min
Jun 15, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan30 min
Jun 15, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen24 min
Jun 15, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo37 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM EDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen32 min
Jun 15, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Sullivan59 min
Jun 15, 5:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Parke, Sullivan and 2 more6 hr
Jun 15, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe37 min
Jun 15, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo50 min
Jun 15, 6:10 PM EDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Monroe35 min
Jun 15, 6:14 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Monroe46 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo50 min
Jun 15, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin46 min
Jun 15, 6:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBrown, Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 3 more6 hr
Jun 15, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown45 min
Jun 15, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam40 min
Jun 15, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe52 min
Jun 15, 7:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Hendricks, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence and 3 more6 hr
Jun 15, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby61 min
Jun 15, 7:15 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings45 min
Jun 15, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence41 min
Jun 15, 7:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDecatur, Hancock, Jennings, Rush, Shelby6 hr
Jun 15, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Shelby40 min
Jun 15, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry and 3 more49 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.