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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 28, 2009Hendricks County, Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2009, 7:08 PM EDT for Hendricks County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
Mar 28, 2009, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2009-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 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 282308
SVRIND
INC063-109-282345-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0013.090328T2308Z-090328T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
708 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMINENCE...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF
  BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LITTLE POINT AROUND 715 PM EDT...
  MONROVIA AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  STILESVILLE AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  CLAYTON AROUND 730 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 65.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 67 AND 68.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3989 8660 3985 8634 3945 8645 3949 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 192DEG 30KT 3948 8656

$$

16/SH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KIND 282336
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
736 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

INC109-282346-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090328T2345Z/
MORGAN-
736 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3963 8662 3989 8660 3985 8634 3964 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 192DEG 30KT 3971 8650

$$

INC063-282345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090328T2345Z/
HENDRICKS-
736 PM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR HENDRICKS COUNTY...

AT 736 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAYTON...OR 19 MILES WEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PITTSBORO AROUND 745 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3963 8662 3989 8660 3985 8634 3964 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 192DEG 30KT 3971 8650

$$

16/SH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan36 min

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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.