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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 3, 2007Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 3:10 PM CDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2007, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2007, 3:46 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 3, 3:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Bicknell, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 3, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -399 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KIND 032010
SVRIND
INC027-083-032100-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0013.070403T2010Z-070403T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
310 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VINCENNES BY 315 PM CDT...
  BRUCEVILLE BY 330 PM CDT...
  MONROE CITY BY 335 PM CDT...
  WHEATLAND BY 340 PM CDT...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3874 8749 3851 8764 3852 8745 3856 8724
      3852 8693 3886 8696

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KIND 032032
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
432 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

INC027-083-032100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070403T2100Z/
DAVIESS-KNOX-
332 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DAVIESS AND SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTIES...

AT 331 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
PETERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTGOMERY BY 340 PM CDT...
  CANNELBURG BY 345 PM CDT...
  ALFORDSVILLE BY 350 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3866 8745 3851 8764 3852 8745 3856 8724
      3852 8693 3878 8695

$$

PUMA

000 
WWUS53 KIND 032046
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
446 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

INC027-083-032056-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070403T2100Z/
DAVIESS-KNOX-
346 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DAVIESS AND SOUTHERN
KNOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE. THUS THE WARNING 
WILL BE CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3866 8745 3851 8764 3852 8745 3856 8724
      3852 8693 3878 8695

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 11:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	35 min
Apr 3, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	33 min
Apr 3, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo	30 min
Apr 3, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	45 min
Apr 3, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo	38 min
Apr 3, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam	49 min
Apr 3, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	19 min
Apr 3, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan	63 min
Apr 3, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	48 min
Apr 3, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin	51 min
Apr 3, 3:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Monroe	115 min
Apr 3, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe	37 min
Apr 3, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.