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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 3, 200825 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this winter storm watch at Mar 3, 2008, 5:02 AM EST for 25 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2008, 5:02 AM EST (10:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 3, 2008, 4:08 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 25 counties

Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2008-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Mar 3, 3:35 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 3:35 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White26 hr
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson4 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington7 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin10 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin9 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin9 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike24 hr
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen4 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen4 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Owen6 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox8 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox8 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike9 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike14 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox14 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby4 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren8 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren24 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo37 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo7 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo37 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan47 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan47 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox8 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox10 days
Mar 3, 11:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey48 days
Mar 3, 4:08 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Tippecanoe and 1 more12 hr
Mar 3, 4:08 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryINDBoone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain and 16 more32 hr

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.