Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

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WWUS53 KIND 081846
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
246 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INC027-083-081915-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090308T1915Z/
DAVIESS-KNOX-
245 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND KNOX COUNTIES...

AT 142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR VINCENNES UNIVERSITY...OR NEAR VINCENNES...MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRUCEVILLE BY 250 PM EDT...
  EDWARDSPORT BY 255 PM EDT...
  PLAINVILLE BY 300 PM EDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. IF A 
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A 
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

HAIL UP TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL 
ILLINOIS WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE 
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3860 8763 3864 8763 3868 8759 3869 8755
      3874 8751 3878 8752 3879 8751 3886 8756
      3890 8755 3891 8752 3890 8712 3867 8706
      3860 8723 3857 8749 3856 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 255DEG 53KT 3876 8747

$$

MK

000 
WWUS53 KIND 081853
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
253 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INC027-083-081915-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090308T1915Z/
DAVIESS-KNOX-
252 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND KNOX COUNTIES...

AT 247 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80
MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUCEVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PLAINVILLE BY 300 PM EDT...

A 92 MPH WIND GUST WAS REPORTED AT THE LAWRENCVILLE ILLINOIS AIRPORT 
AT 242 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3860 8763 3864 8763 3868 8759 3869 8755
      3874 8751 3878 8752 3879 8751 3886 8756
      3890 8755 3891 8752 3890 8712 3867 8706
      3860 8723 3857 8749 3856 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 255DEG 53KT 3880 8729

$$

MK

000 
WWUS53 KIND 081907
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
307 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INC027-083-081916-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090308T1915Z/
DAVIESS-KNOX-
306 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND KNOX
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT/215 PM CDT/...



LAT...LON 3860 8763 3864 8763 3868 8759 3869 8755
      3874 8751 3878 8752 3879 8751 3886 8756
      3890 8755 3891 8752 3890 8712 3867 8706
      3860 8723 3857 8749 3856 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 255DEG 53KT 3884 8703

$$

JOHNSON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
225 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

.DISCUSSION...PROGRESSIVE AND UNSETTLED PATTERN XPCTD FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS LONG WV TROF CURRENTLY OVR THE W CST MOVES INTO THE
MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. INTITAL UPPR SYS
CURRENTLY OVR ERN IA/NW IL...XPCTD TO MOV NEWD ACRS THE GRTLKS
TONIGHT...WHILE THE NEXT IMPULSE MOVES INTO THE AREA ARND TUES.
MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE MAIN DETAILS. FCST FOCUS CENTERS
ON WNDS TONIGHT AND POPS.

IN THE NR TERM...CDFNT PROGRESSING EWD ACRS IL WITH SCT LN OF
CONVECTION JUST AHEAD OF IT. MODELS PROG CDFNT TO THE ERN BORDER ARND
00Z/MON. SVR THREAT WL CONTINUE AHEAD OF CDFNT...WITH WT49 IN EFFECT
FOR THE WRN AREAS TIL 21Z. PCPN THREAT SHOULD END WITH FROPA. WL
LEAVE SOME CHC POPS OVR THE FAR ERN/SERN ZONES FOR AN HR OR TWO PAST
00Z TO COVER ANY LINGERING PCPN. APPEARS SOME 40-45KT GUSTS ARE
LIKELY IN THE DRY SLOT BEHIND FROPA LTR THIS AFT...SO PLANNING ON
ADJUSTING WND ADVISORY TO COVER XPCTD GUSTS LTR THIS AFT. COULD BE A
FEW HRS OF CLRG UNDERNEATH DRY SLOT BEFORE LWR CLDS FILL BACK IN.

IN THR LTR PDS...MON XPCTD TO BE DRY WITH SFC HI PRES RDG SETTLING
INTO THE AREA. BY LT MON NIGHT...STG LLJ NOSES BACK INTO THE AREA
WHICH SHOULD AID IN PCPN DVLPMT AGAIN. WL GO WITH LIKELY POPS FOR LT
MON NIGHT AND TUES.

LO LVL THICKNESSES SUGGEST THE GFS MOS HIGHS FOR MON MAY BE ABOUT 5
DEGS TOO COOL...OTRW GUIDANCE LOOKS OK FOR NOW.

THE EXTENDED LOOKS DRY AND COOLER AS COOL CANADIAN HIGH PRES BUILDS
IN. MADE LITTLE CHANGES THERE.

&&

.AVIATION...DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS
AWIPS DISTANCE SPEED TOOL IS ESTIMATING ETA OF WRN IL SQUALL LINE TO
LAF AND HUF AROUND 19Z AND IND AND BMG AROUND 21Z. SO...WL JUST PUT
TRWS IN THE MAIN GROUP FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. TRENDS HAVE BEEN FOR
MVFR CIGS AND IFR VSBYS WITHIN THE STORM ACTIVITY. AFTER
THAT...EXPECT AREAS OF MVFR CIGS THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z MON PER MODEL
TIME SECS...SATELLITE TRENDS AND SFC OBS. BUFKIT AND MODEL TIME SECS
ALONG WITH UPSTREAM OBS FAVOR SW WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 KTS. WINDS
TO SHIFT TO THE NW AT FROPA WHICH SOULD BE AROUND 01Z AT LAF AND HUF
AND 03Z AT IND AND BMG. THE GUSTS SHOULD END IN THE EARLY OVERNIGHT
AND HIGH PRES BUILDS IN.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072.

&&

PUBLIC...JAS
AVIATION...MK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
924 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

INZ021-030-031-036>042-044>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-091100-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-
CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
924 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FROM MIDDAY INTO THIS
EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE STRONG AND SHEARED
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF A FRANKFORT TO KOKOMO LINE FROM PERSISTENT HEAVY
RAINFALL.

STRONG WEST WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE STORMS AS A SHARP COLD FRONT
SWEEPS EAST THROUGH INDIANA. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH BRIEF
GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY MIDDAY INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ028-029-035-043-051-060-067-091100-
WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX-
924 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FROM MIDDAY INTO MID
AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER IS ALSO POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE STRONG AND SHEARED
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING...ALONG
AND NORTHWEST OF A FRANKFORT TO KOKOMO LINE FROM PERSISTENT HEAVY
RAINFALL.

STRONG WEST WIDENS WILL FOLLOW THE STORMS AS A SHARP COLD FRONT
SWEEPS EAST THROUGH INDIANA. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH BRIEF
GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WABASH RIVER AFTER
TUESDAY. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY MIDDAY INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

MK/JS/AB/CS/MURPHY