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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 4, 20094 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2009, 6:29 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 61 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: Aug 4, 2009, 6:29 AM EDT (10:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2009, 7:30 AM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 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
Aug 4, 6:45 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	14 Sw North Vernon, IN	TREES DOWNED NEAR SR250 AND CR950W.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 041029
SVRIND
INC005-013-071-079-041130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0113.090804T1029Z-090804T1130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
629 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR...
  SOUTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 730 AM EDT

* AT 627 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEYMOUR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAYDEN AROUND 635 AM EDT...
  NORTH VERNON AROUND 645 AM EDT...
  VERNON AROUND 650 AM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 63.

LAT...LON 3903 8634 3904 8634 3904 8636 3906 8638
      3921 8626 3904 8564 3902 8545 3894 8546
      3876 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 305DEG 21KT 3888 8587

$$

JP

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KIND 041042
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
642 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009

INC005-013-071-079-041130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-090804T1130Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
642 AM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT
FOR JACKSON...SOUTHERN JENNINGS...SOUTHEASTERN BROWN AND SOUTHWESTERN
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES...

AT 641 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF HAYDEN...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VERNON AROUND 650 AM EDT...

LAT...LON 3904 8634 3905 8634 3916 8621 3904 8564
      3902 8545 3894 8546 3876 8594
TIME...MOT...LOC 1043Z 302DEG 18KT 3884 8577

$$

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 4:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	17 min
Aug 4, 4:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Monroe	52 min
Aug 4, 4:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	44 min
Aug 4, 4:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	27 min
Aug 4, 5:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	31 min
Aug 4, 5:02 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Monroe	43 min
Aug 4, 5:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe	27 min
Aug 4, 5:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Monroe	60 min
Aug 4, 6:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	27 min
Aug 4, 6:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson	3 hr
Aug 4, 6:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	25 min
Aug 4, 6:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	36 min
Aug 4, 6:58 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	36 hr
Aug 4, 7:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	49 min
Aug 4, 7:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	46 min
Aug 4, 8:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	3 hr
Aug 4, 9:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	34 min
Aug 4, 9:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson	3 hr
Aug 4, 9:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Montgomery	44 min
Aug 4, 9:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hancock, Hendricks, Marion	3 hr
Aug 4, 10:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby	3 hr
Aug 4, 11:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	39 min
Aug 4, 11:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	38 min
Aug 4, 11:36 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe	24 min
Aug 4, 11:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hendricks	38 min
Aug 4, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 1 more	42 min
Aug 4, 12:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Howard, Marion, Tipton	46 min
Aug 4, 12:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	6 hr
Aug 4, 12:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby	43 min
Aug 4, 12:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush and 1 more	39 min
Aug 4, 12:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Decatur, Henry, Rush	3 hr
Aug 4, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	59 min
Aug 4, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	24 min
Aug 4, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	18 min
Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Shelby	36 hr
Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	36 hr
Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Jackson, Jennings, Washington	36 hr
Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	36 hr
Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Marion, Morgan	36 hr
Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Morgan, Owen	36 hr
Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Morgan, Owen	36 hr
Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	IND	Greene, Owen	36 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	65 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	4 days
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	9 days
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	8 days
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	8 days
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings, Washington	21 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	9 days
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	20 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	20 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	43 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	43 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	43 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	43 hr
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	8 days
Aug 4, 3:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	7 days
Aug 4, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Decatur, Henry, Rush	3 hr
Aug 4, 6:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 6 more	10 hr

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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.