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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 30, 20196 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2019, 6:03 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 42 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 30, 2019, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2019, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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.

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 30, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

431 
WUUS53 KIND 302203
SVRIND
INC011-023-063-067-109-133-302245-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0133.190630T2203Z-190630T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
603 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Morgan County in central Indiana...
  Clinton County in central Indiana...
  Southwestern Howard County in central Indiana...
  Hendricks County in central Indiana...
  Boone County in central Indiana...
  Northeastern Putnam County in west central Indiana...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 603 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southwest
  of Lebanon, or 16 miles southeast of Crawfordsville, moving
  southeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Frankfort, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Lebanon, Danville, Avon,
  Pittsboro, Whitestown, Rossville, Thorntown, Mulberry, Russiaville,
  Monrovia, Clayton, Jamestown, Roachdale, Kirklin, Colfax,
  Coatesville and North Salem.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 129 and 160.
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 55 and 63.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 48 and 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4043 8621 4040 8622 4040 8624 4031 8624
      3951 8645 3987 8694 3987 8669 4043 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 313DEG 37KT 3993 8662 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TDUD

2 follow-up statements

722 
WWUS53 KIND 302230
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
630 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

INC011-023-063-067-109-133-302245-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-190630T2245Z/
Morgan IN-Clinton IN-Howard IN-Hendricks IN-Boone IN-Putnam IN-
630 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORGAN...CLINTON...SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD...
HENDRICKS...BOONE AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES...

At 630 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Brownsburg, or
15 miles west of Indianapolis, moving southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Frankfort, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Lebanon, Danville, Avon,
Pittsboro, Whitestown, Rossville, Thorntown, Mulberry, Russiaville,
Monrovia, Clayton, Jamestown, Roachdale, Kirklin, Colfax, Coatesville
and North Salem.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 129 and 160.
 Interstate 70 between mile markers 55 and 63.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 48 and 67.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4043 8621 4040 8622 4040 8624 4031 8624
      3951 8645 3987 8694 3987 8669 4043 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 310DEG 32KT 3982 8643 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

TDUD

388 
WWUS53 KIND 302244
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
644 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

INC011-023-063-067-109-133-302253-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-190630T2245Z/
Morgan IN-Clinton IN-Howard IN-Hendricks IN-Boone IN-Putnam IN-
644 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORGAN...
CLINTON...SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD...HENDRICKS...BOONE AND NORTHEASTERN
PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
central and west central Indiana.

LAT...LON 4043 8621 4040 8622 4040 8624 4031 8624
      3951 8645 3987 8694 3987 8669 4043 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 313DEG 37KT 3973 8630 

$$

TDUD

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 30, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
426 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

.UPDATE...
The AVIATION Section has been updated below.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 234 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

High pressure is expected to remain across the lower Mississippi
River Valley through the middle of the week. This will result in a
warm and humid southwest flow of air to Central Indiana. Meanwhile
aloft...an upper level weather disturbance is expected to spill
across Indiana from the upper midwest Tonight and on Monday. This
will result in chances for shower and storms tonight and through
the start of the Holiday work week.

Chances for showers and storms will persist all week across
Central Indiana as the warm and humid air mass remains in place
and showers and storms will remain possible.

&&

.NEAR TERM /Tonight/...

Issued at 234 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

Surface analysis early this afternoon shows high pressure in
place across Missouri. For the moment this was resulting in NW
flow across Indiana. However the air mass across the area remained
very humid with dew points in the lower 70s SW of I-74. NE of
I-74...dewpoints were mainly in the 60s. GOES16 shows a CU field
developing along and south of the dewpoint boundary.

Forecast soundings late this afternoon reveal a minimal CAP in
place...along with convective temperatures near 90 and CAPE over
3000 J/KG. Pwats appear over 1.6 inches. HRRR shows TSRA
development along and south of the dew point boundary late this
afternoon. Given the isolated storms yesterday and the more
favorable set-up today...shower and storm development late this
afternoon and earl evening seems reasonable. Will include best
pops within the higher dew point area this evening.

Later this evening and overnight the short wave over Wisconsin is
poised to push southeast across Indiana. This upper forcing and
the warm air mass in place results in favorable conditions for
more showers and storms. Time heights shows a wave of lift
followed by quick subsidence overnight...hinting at a wave of
storms. Thus will again ramp up precipitation amounts overnight.

Regarding lows...will stick at or above expected dewpoints...which
cold result in some cooler lows overnight on the NE side of the
dew point boundary than we have seen the past few nights.

&&

.SHORT TERM /Monday through Wednesday/...

Issued at 234 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

GFS and NAM suggest the strong ridging aloft to flatten and weaken
on Monday through Wednesday. This will allow the upper pattern to
once again influence Indiana/s weather the next several
days...bringing in a few short waves close to Indiana. The first
looks to slowly passion Monday...before more upper support lingers
in the area on Tuesday and again on Wednesday. Daytime heating on
each afternoon also looks to provide an additional support.
Forecast soundings each afternoon show minimal to no CAP in
place...along with CAPE each afternoon over 2000 J/KG and high
pwats over 1.7 inches. Thus will need to include pops each day as
the heating...moist air mass...instability and marginal upper
support all points to afternoon and evening showers and storms
through Wednesday.

Given the little change in air mass...will trend temps toward
persistence through the period.

&&

.LONG TERM /Wednesday night through Sunday/...

Issued at 224 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

ECMWF differs from the GFS in that it keep mid level heights a bit
higher than the GFS. The GFS is trending back to the northern
parts of the southeast ridge which places central IN back into
that occasional rainfall pattern just after the 4th of July though
the weekend. And, it look like that the National Blend follows
along with that idea of keeping chances of thunderstorms in the
forecast from Thursday afternoon on. Looking at the GFS Ensemble
looks similar in only that the ridge retrogrades into the Plains
which opens up that westerly/slight northwest pattern over the
area, again giving the area that chance for occasional
thunderstorms at the end of the week into the weekend.

Averages are mid 60s for lows and mid 80s for highs, and it look
that the area will be just above that through the period.

&&

.AVIATION /Discussion for the 30/21Z TAF Update/...

Issued at 424 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

Update...
Inserted mention of VCTS at KIND for the next few hours as
convection continues to form in the area.

Previous Discussion...
VFR conditions in place as high pressure spreads from the Missouri
Valley eastward through the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. Bands of
cirrus clouds and areas of Cu are developing on a weak boundary
from northeast IL southeast through central IN evident on visible
satellite imagery. This is all ahead of a thunderstorm complex
making its way from southern WI towards northern IL and the
Chicago area.

Will need to consider VCTS in TAFS for later this afternoon and
evening.

&&

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

&&

SYNOPSIS...Puma
NEAR TERM...Puma
SHORT TERM...Puma
LONG TERM....DM
AVIATION...DM/TDUD

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
453 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-012100-
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-
Including the cities of Delphi, Flora, Williamsport, West Lebanon,
Lafayette, West Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Attica, Covington,
Veedersburg, Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Zionsville, Tipton, Fishers,
Carmel, Noblesville, Anderson, Muncie, Winchester, Clinton, Newport,
Rockville, Greencastle, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Danville,
Indianapolis, Greenfield, Cumberland, New Castle, Terre Haute,
Brazil, Clay City, Spencer, Martinsville, Mooresville, Greenwood,
Franklin, Shelbyville, Rushville, Sullivan, Linton, Bloomfield,
Bloomington, Nashville, Columbus, Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington,
Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown,
and North Vernon
453 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Outlook: Thunderstorms are possible, and some storms may become
severe. Hot and humid this afternoon.

Hazards: Damaging winds, large hail, heavy rain, lightning. Heat
index values in the mid 90s to near 100 degrees.

Timing: Thunderstorms mainly this afternoon and evening. Heat this
afternoon and early evening.

Discussion: A front and an upper disturbance could bring some
thunderstorms to the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Outlook: Thunderstorms are possible over all or parts of the area
through the week. Isolated strong to severe storms are possible
Monday, mainly north of Interstate 70. Hot and humid conditions will
continue.

Discussion: A front in the area will keep chances for thunderstorms
around this week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon into the evening.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate
information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind

PUMA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:15 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2019

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

0515 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 NE ATTICA             40.35N 87.14W
06/30/2019  E60 MPH          WARREN             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BHH

Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:40 PM EDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2019

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

0529 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COVINGTON               40.14N 87.39W
06/30/2019                   FOUNTAIN           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS LIMBS DOWN THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:58 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
558 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2019

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

0542 PM     TSTM WND GST     ATTICA                  40.29N 87.25W
06/30/2019  M62 MPH          FOUNTAIN           IN   PUBLIC

            REPORTED AS BEING NEAR ATTICA.

&&

BHH

Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:03 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
603 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2019

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

0555 PM     TSTM WND GST     CRAWFORDSVILLE          40.04N 86.90W
06/30/2019  M54 MPH          MONTGOMERY         IN   AWOS

&&

BHH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	42 min
Jun 29, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	36 min
Jun 29, 11:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	38 min
Jun 30, 12:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	34 min
Jun 30, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	57 min
Jun 30, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	44 min
Jun 30, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	51 min
Jun 30, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Monroe	38 min
Jun 30, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam	48 min
Jun 30, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery	46 min
Jun 30, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Parke and 1 more	46 min
Jun 30, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	38 min
Jun 30, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Sullivan	49 min
Jun 30, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	29 min
Jun 30, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.