Alert archive / Indiana / Freeze Warnings in 2009
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this freeze warning at Apr 5, 2009, 10:30 PM EDT for 39 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 6, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2009, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2009, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2009, 9:09 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
All 39 counties
Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 2014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 5, 7:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 7:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 9:59 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 959 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 INZ021-028>030-035>037-043-044-061000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE- VERMILLION-PARKE- 959 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. MINOR FLOODING MAINLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND ALLOW SOME SNOW TO MIX IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS TOWARDS MONDAY MORNING. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A VERY COLD AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO FALL ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ON GRASSY SURFACES ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 20S. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL KILL ANY TENDER VEGETATION OUTSIDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ045>047-051>055-060>063-067>071-061000- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SULLIVAN- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 959 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. MINOR FLOODING MAINLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE EVENING MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND ALLOW SOME SNOW TO MIX IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS TOWARDS MONDAY MORNING. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A VERY COLD AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO FALL ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A SLUSHY DUSTING MAY BE POSSIBLE ON GRASSY SURFACES. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 20S. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL KILL ANY TENDER VEGETATION OUTSIDE. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ048-056-057-064-065-072-061000- HANCOCK-SHELBY-RUSH-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS- 959 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT EDT. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND ALLOW SOME SNOW TO MIX IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS TOWARDS MONDAY MORNING. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A VERY COLD AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO FALL ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A SLUSHY DUSTING MAY BE POSSIBLE ON GRASSY SURFACES. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 20S. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL KILL ANY TENDER VEGETATION OUTSIDE. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY AFTER 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ031-038>042-049-061000- HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY- 959 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT EDT. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND ALLOW SOME SNOW TO MIX IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS TOWARDS MONDAY MORNING. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A VERY COLD AIRMASS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WILL ALLOW FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO FALL ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ON GRASSY SURFACES ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN HALF AN INCH. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHTS WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID 20S. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL KILL ANY TENDER VEGETATION OUTSIDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) KOCH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 832 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 INZ037-039-045>047-053>055-062-063-060100- BOONE-BROWN-HAMILTON-HENDRICKS-JOHNSON-MARION-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN- PUTNAM- 832 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR EASTERN OWEN...EASTERN PUTNAM... HENDRICKS...JOHNSON...MARION...MORGAN...NORTHERN BROWN...NORTHERN MONROE...SOUTHERN BOONE AND SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 830 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT TO 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... ELLETTSVILLE AROUND 840 PM EDT... LEBANON AROUND 845 PM EDT... MARTINSVILLE AROUND 855 PM EDT... WHITESTOWN AROUND 900 PM EDT... THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. 50
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 856 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 INZ037-039-046>048-054>056-062>064-060130- BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-JOHNSON-MARION- MONROE-MORGAN-SHELBY- 856 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR BROWN...EASTERN BOONE...EASTERN HENDRICKS...EASTERN MORGAN...HAMILTON...JOHNSON...MARION... NORTHEASTERN MONROE...WESTERN BARTHOLOMEW...WESTERN HANCOCK AND WESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 854 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... WOODVILLE HILLS AROUND 900 PM EDT... YELLOWWOOD LAKE AROUND 905 PM EDT... MONUMENT CIRCLE AROUND 910 PM EDT... WESTFIELD AROUND 915 PM EDT... 50
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 929 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 INZ039-040-047>049-056-057-064-065-060200- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-MARION-RUSH- SHELBY- 929 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR BARTHOLOMEW...DECATUR... HAMILTON...HANCOCK...NORTHEASTERN MARION...RUSH...SHELBY...SOUTHERN MADISON AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT... AT 927 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON TO SHELBYVILLE TO COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... FLAT ROCK AROUND 935 PM EDT... HOPE AROUND 940 PM EDT... WALDRON AROUND 945 PM EDT... MANILLA AROUND 950 PM EDT... 50
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 10:01 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1001 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 INZ049-057-065-060230- DECATUR-HENRY-RUSH- 1001 PM EDT SUN APR 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DECATUR...RUSH AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT... AT 959 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHIRLEY TO RUSHVILLE TO GREENSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... KENNARD AROUND 1005 PM EDT... GREENSBORO AROUND 1010 PM EDT... LEWISVILLE AROUND 1015 PM EDT... NEW CASTLE AROUND 1020 PM EDT... THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. 50
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 26 more | 67 days |
| Apr 6, 3:49 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain and 22 more | 71 days |
| Apr 6, 6:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 25 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 44 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 54 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 54 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 3 days |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 3 days |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 5 days |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 13 days |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 13 days |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 15 days |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 16 days |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 17 days |
| Apr 6, 6:29 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 19 days |
| Apr 6, 6:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:58 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 16 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 15 hr |
| Apr 6, 7:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 4 days |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Indiana, 2009Every freeze warning in 2009
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.