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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 176, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 4, 2010Carroll County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2010, 1:36 AM EDT for Carroll County, Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2010, 1:36 AM EDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2010, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, IN, Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2010-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4758 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 2010-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
4758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
15.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 4, 1:15 AM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:15 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 10:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1024 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

INZ043>048-051>057-060>065-067>072-050230-
VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-
MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
1024 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 90S TO NEAR 100 MAY LAST
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

PATCHY FOG IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE
MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE AROUND 105 ON WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

&&

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

INZ021-028>031-035>042-049-050230-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY-
1024 PM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE GUSTY WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE 90S MAY PERSIST INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

PATCHY FOG IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE
MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.  WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 100 ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:56 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 12:31 AM EDTTornado WarningINDHoward14 min
Aug 4, 1:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll24 min
Aug 4, 1:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDCarroll4 hr
Aug 4, 2:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Howard, Tipton29 min
Aug 4, 5:30 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 11 more15 hr
Aug 4, 11:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Randolph59 min
Aug 4, 11:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph41 min
Aug 4, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph15 min
Aug 4, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush41 min
Aug 4, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDWarren49 min
Aug 4, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTippecanoe, Warren44 min
Aug 4, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTippecanoe40 min
Aug 4, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDWarren37 min
Aug 4, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward45 min
Aug 4, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe45 min
Aug 4, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe40 min
Aug 4, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery and 1 more52 min
Aug 4, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.