Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2011, 9:02 PM EDT for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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 9, 2011, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Ripley County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 494 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
127
WUUS51 KILN 100102
SVRILN
INC137-100145-
/O.NEW.KILN.SV.W.0331.110810T0102Z-110810T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
902 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 857 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOLTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN
RIPLEY COUNTY...INCLUDING OTTER VILLAGE...HOLTON...NEW MARION...
REXVILLE...BENHAM...OLEAN...CROSS PLAINS AND FRIENDSHIP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHWESTERN OHIO.
&&
LAT...LON 3919 8544 3915 8538 3896 8513 3894 8514
3892 8517 3893 8520 3891 8521 3891 8544
3891 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 313DEG 28KT 3911 8545
$$2 follow-up statements
867
WWUS51 KILN 100121
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
921 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
INC137-100145-
/O.CON.KILN.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-110810T0145Z/
RIPLEY IN-
921 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY...
AT 918 PM EDT...RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
NEW MARION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN RIPLEY
COUNTY...INCLUDING NEW MARION...REXVILLE...BENHAM...OLEAN...CROSS
PLAINS AND FRIENDSHIP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3911 8544 3910 8533 3896 8513 3894 8514
3893 8516 3893 8520 3891 8521 3891 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 313DEG 28KT 3902 8535
$$248
WWUS51 KILN 100137
SVSILN
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
937 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
INC137-100147-
/O.EXP.KILN.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-110810T0145Z/
RIPLEY IN-
937 PM EDT TUE AUG 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RIPLEY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THEREFORE THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE REPORT PREVIOUS WIND DAMAGE OR HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
LAT...LON 3911 8544 3910 8533 3896 8513 3894 8514
3893 8516 3893 8520 3891 8521 3891 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 313DEG 28KT 3893 8524
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ripley | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 9:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ripley | 32 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.