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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 4, 2010Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2010, 6:20 PM EDT for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 4, 2010, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2010, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2010-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3057 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 12:00Z on 2010-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
3057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 4, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 5:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
514 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

INZ021-028>031-035>042-045>049-054>057-052115-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-
MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-
514 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING...WITH HEAT
INDEX VALUES OVER 100 DEGREES LIKELY AT MOST LOCATIONS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT
BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 70. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. BRIEF
DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING.

&&

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

INZ043-044-051>053-060>065-067>072-052115-
VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
514 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL RESULT IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION INTO THE
EVENING...WITH HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING THE MAIN THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT
BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 70. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.
BRIEF DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 12:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
441 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

INZ028-035-042130-
FOUNTAIN-WARREN-
441 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN FOUNTAIN AND WARREN
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT/430 PM CDT/...

AT 438 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSSVILLE...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TAB AROUND 445 PM EDT...
WEST LEBANON AROUND 455 PM EDT...
RAINSVILLE AROUND 505 PM EDT...
WILLIAMSPORT AROUND 510 PM EDT...
ATTICA AROUND 515 PM EDT...

&&

LAT...LON 4044 8754 4049 8724 4048 8718 4025 8711
      4023 8754 4030 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 265DEG 17KT 4032 8748

MRD/MK
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:31 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
531 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

INZ028-029-035-042215-
FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN-
531 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...WARREN
AND TIPPECANOE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
BOSWELL TO WILLIAMSPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
ATTICA AROUND 535 PM EDT...
PINE VILLAGE AROUND 540 PM EDT...
OTTERBEIN AROUND 600 PM EDT...
SHADELAND AROUND 610 PM EDT...
PURDUE UNIVERSITY...WEST LAFAYETTE AND LAFAYETTE AROUND 615 PM EDT...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV
STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4029 8679 4025 8743 4049 8749 4049 8711
      4058 8710 4058 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 256DEG 23KT 4045 8733 4030 8730

MRD/MK
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 6:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
620 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

INZ021-029-030-042300-
CARROLL-CLINTON-TIPPECANOE-
620 PM EDT WED AUG 4 2010

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CLINTON...SOUTHERN
TIPPECANOE AND SOUTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 618 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHADELAND AROUND 625 PM EDT...
LAFAYETTE AROUND 640 PM EDT...
DAYTON AROUND 645 PM EDT...
MULBERRY AROUND 655 PM EDT...

&&

LAT...LON 4026 8652 4023 8682 4023 8705 4029 8710
      4030 8710 4053 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 245DEG 23KT 4028 8697

MRD/MK

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, 1:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Howard, Tipton24 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, 6:23 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

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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.