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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 3, 2007Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2007, 12:10 PM EDT for Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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
Apr 3, 2007, 12:10 PM EDT (16:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 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
Apr 3, 10:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 031610
SVRIND
INC045-121-165-031645-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0002.070403T1610Z-070403T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1210 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT(1145 AM CDT)

* AT 1110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAYUGA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF
  DANVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAYUGA BY 1215 PM EDT...
  NEWPORT BY 1220 PM EDT...

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 3995 8755 3978 8755 3985 8742 4011 8722

$$

PUMA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KIND 031625
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1224 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

INC045-121-165-031645-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070403T1645Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
1224 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM
EDT(1145 AM CDT) FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PARKE...CENTRAL VERMILLION
AND SOUTHWESTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES...

AT 1222 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWPORT...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DANVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LAT...LON 3995 8755 3978 8755 3985 8742 4011 8722

$$

PUMA
000 
WWUS53 KIND 031641
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1241 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

INC045-121-165-031651-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070403T1645Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
1241 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PARKE...
CENTRAL VERMILLION AND SOUTHWESTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1245
PM EDT(1145 AM CDT)...

THE STORM HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND EXITED THE AREA. THE 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXIPRE. 

LAT...LON 3995 8755 3978 8755 3985 8742 4011 8722

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam33 min
Apr 3, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo30 min
Apr 3, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion45 min
Apr 3, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo38 min
Apr 3, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam49 min
Apr 3, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Owen19 min
Apr 3, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan63 min
Apr 3, 3:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen48 min
Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin51 min
Apr 3, 4:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDMonroe115 min
Apr 3, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe37 min
Apr 3, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox36 min
Apr 3, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence28 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.