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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 19, 20104 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2010, 1:17 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 41 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 19, 2010, 1:17 AM EDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2010, 1:58 AM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:16 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 19, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 297 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 2010-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 2010-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 19, 12:34 AM EDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 12:34 AM EDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:04 PM EDT, 9 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
404 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010

INZ037-039>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-192015-
BOONE-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-
404 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN CENTRAL INDIANA
THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY TIME FOR STORMS WILL BE MAINLY FROM
MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS EACH DAY THOUGH LATE
NIGHT STORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT.

THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH
THURSDAY. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 TO 95 AND HEAT INDICES
FROM THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST
AFTERNOONS.

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 CAN NOT BE RULED OUT THIS WEEKEND.

&&

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

INZ021-028>031-035-036-038-192015-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
TIPTON-
404 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING
THE MAIN THREAT.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR IN CENTRAL INDIANA
THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY TIME FOR STORMS WILL BE MAINLY FROM
MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS EACH DAY THOUGH LATE
NIGHT STORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT.

THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM THREATS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS THROUGH
THURSDAY. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 AND HEAT INDICES FROM 95
TO AROUND 100 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST AFTERNOONS.

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 IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND CAN NOT BE RULED OUT
THIS WEEKEND.

&&

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

JH

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks and 6 more66 min
Jun 18, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph and 1 more77 min
Jun 18, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson and 6 more88 min
Jun 18, 9:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Hendricks, Marion3 hr
Jun 18, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry31 min
Jun 18, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Morgan, Rush and 1 more64 min
Jun 18, 11:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings44 min
Jun 18, 11:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBrown23 min
Jun 19, 12:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam49 min
Jun 19, 12:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBrown3 hr
Jun 19, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain45 min
Jun 19, 12:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBartholomew48 min
Jun 19, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren41 min
Jun 19, 1:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew3 hr
Jun 19, 1:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren3 hr
Jun 19, 1:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDJackson, Jennings3 hr
Jun 19, 2:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion43 min
Jun 19, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Putnam52 min
Jun 19, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJohnson, Shelby50 min
Jun 19, 2:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJackson63 min
Jun 19, 2:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene, Sullivan52 min
Jun 19, 3:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more3 hr
Jun 19, 3:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown6 hr
Jun 19, 3:22 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Sullivan57 hr
Jun 19, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess, Knox, Lawrence, Martin56 min
Jun 19, 4:11 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Sullivan3 hr
Jun 19, 4:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Shelby3 hr
Jun 19, 4:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDJackson, Jennings3 hr
Jun 19, 6:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDJohnson3 hr
Jun 19, 6:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDLawrence3 hr
Jun 19, 9:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown6 hr
Jun 19, 10:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby17 hr
Jun 19, 10:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson28 hr
Jun 19, 10:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen27 hr
Jun 19, 10:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen27 hr
Jun 19, 10:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Owen61 hr
Jun 19, 10:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene27 hr

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.