A timeline provided Sunday by the Indiana State Police, shows that Marion County went from being under a severe thunderstorm watch starting at 8:09 p.m. to a severe thunderstorm warning at 8:39 p.m.
That is in fact wrong. The severe thunderstorm watch for Marion County was issued at 6:00PM, not 8:09PM as the first paragraph states.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 777
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
600 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING FROM 600 PM
UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 50
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TERRE HAUTE INDIANA TO 25 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE
INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 775...WW 776...
DISCUSSION...BROKEN PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE CONTINUES TO TRACK
EAST-SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL IL AND WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL
INDIANA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ACROSS
THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BOWING LINE SEGMENTS AND A
COUPLE OR SUPERCELLS WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. TAIL-END
STORMS CURRENTLY ACROSS CENTRAL IL WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO
TRACK SEWD INTO SECTIONS OF SW IND LATER TODAY BUT COULD REMAIN A
THREAT FOR SEVERE WELL AFTER DARK GIVEN THE POSSIBLE ENHNCMNT FROM
THE LARGER SCALE TROUGH AMPLIFICATION BEING FORECAST ACROSS THE
MIDWEST.
AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.
A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION
VECTOR 29025.BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 777 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 600 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 777 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS INC005-011-013-021-027-031-035-055-057-059-063-065-071-079-081- 083-093-095-097-101-105-107-109-119-121-133-135-139-145-153-165- 167-140500- /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0777.110813T2200Z-110814T0500Z/ IN . INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BARTHOLOMEW BOONE BROWN CLAY DAVIESS DECATUR DELAWARE GREENE HAMILTON HANCOCK HENDRICKS HENRY JACKSON JENNINGS JOHNSON KNOX LAWRENCE MADISON MARION MARTIN MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN OWEN PARKE PUTNAM RANDOLPH RUSH SHELBY SULLIVAN VERMILLION VIGO ATTN...WFO...IND...
Amazing how things can be missed despite the timeline further down in the article showing that 6:00PM was indeed the watch issuance time. There is no doubt that blame is being spread around for this accident, but lets get the facts straight for once. Watch and warning terminology seem to be difficult to understand for a good number of the general public, let alone weather overall...no need to state incorrect facts especially in light of a high profile case.
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