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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2025, 6:02 PM EDT for 9 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 58 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
- May 16, 2025, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boone County, IN, Clay County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 16, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 4:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 3:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 319 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-171930- 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- 319 PM EDT Fri May 16 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...Through Tonight. Thunderstorms are expected in Central Indiana today between 5PM and 10PM EDT. Severe thunderstorms are likely, especially along and south of I-70. Damaging straight line winds, tornadoes, large hail, heavy rain and lightning are all possible. Be prepared for severe weather watches and warnings this afternoon and evening. Have multiple ways to receive weather information and be prepared to activate your safety plan. Storm motion will be to the east-northeast at 50 to 60 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Thunderstorms are possible next Monday through Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be needed this afternoon and evening across Central Indiana. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 53 min |
| May 16, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 60 min |
| May 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Monroe and 4 more | 55 min |
| May 16, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Montgomery and 3 more | 62 min |
| May 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan | 40 min |
| May 16, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 39 min |
| May 16, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 47 min |
| May 16, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe | 43 min |
| May 16, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 38 min |
| May 16, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 16, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen | 47 min |
| May 16, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 46 min |
| May 16, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 27 min |
| May 16, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Howard and 3 more | 52 min |
| May 16, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 44 min |
| May 16, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 41 min |
| May 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 40 min |
| May 16, 7:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Shelby | 39 min |
| May 16, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 52 min |
| May 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Shelby | 48 min |
| May 16, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Monroe | 33 min |
| May 16, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 46 min |
| May 16, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 43 min |
| May 16, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 16, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings, Rush | 21 min |
| May 16, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 51 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.