Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2011, 3:36 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. 8 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2011, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sw Camby, IN | |
| May 22, 3:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Camby, IN | NEAR NORTH MADISON ELEMENTARY |
| May 22, 3:51 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Camby, IN | |
| May 22, 3:55 PM EDT | HAIL 2 | Camby, IN | |
| May 22, 3:57 PM EDT | HAIL 2.5 | Camby, IN | |
| May 22, 3:57 PM EDT | HAIL 3 | Camby, IN | |
| May 22, 4:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W Southport, IN | |
| May 22, 4:00 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 8 Sw Indianapolis, IN | COCORAHS REPORT OF 1 INCH HAIL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683 WUUS53 KIND 221936 SVRIND INC063-081-097-109-222015- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0112.110522T1936Z-110522T2015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 336 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOORESVILLE...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CAMBY AROUND 345 PM EDT... INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRPORT AROUND 350 PM EDT... HOMECROFT AND SOUTHPORT AROUND 400 PM EDT... SPEEDWAY AROUND 405 PM EDT... MONUMENT CIRCLE...INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE AND SPRING HILL AROUND 410 PM EDT... WARREN PARK AND INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS AROUND 415 PM EDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 102 AND 118. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 87. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 97. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3988 8616 3971 8597 3951 8633 3962 8646 TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 228DEG 23KT 3960 8633 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ NIELD
3 follow-up statements
236 WWUS53 KIND 221945 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 INC063-081-097-109-222015- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110522T2015Z/ HENDRICKS-JOHNSON-MARION-MORGAN- 345 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...MARION AND NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT... AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOORESVILLE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 345 PM EDT...ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CAMBY WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRPORT AROUND 355 PM EDT... HOMECROFT...SOUTHPORT AND SPEEDWAY AROUND 405 PM EDT... MONUMENT CIRCLE AND BEECH GROVE AROUND 410 PM EDT... INDIANAPOLIS...WARREN PARK...INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND SPRING HILL AROUND 415 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3988 8616 3971 8597 3951 8633 3962 8646 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 228DEG 23KT 3963 8629 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ NIELD
681
WWUS53 KIND 221956 RRA
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
356 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
INC063-222006-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110522T2015Z/
HENDRICKS-
356 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3988 8616 3971 8597 3956 8627 3963 8636
3963 8633 3968 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 235DEG 17KT 3966 8624
$$
INC081-097-109-222015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110522T2015Z/
JOHNSON-MARION-MORGAN-
356 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
JOHNSON...MARION AND NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 353 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES EAST OF MOORESVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 355 PM EDT...TWO INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN CAMBY WITH THIS STORM.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOMECROFT AND SOUTHPORT AROUND 410 PM EDT...
BEECH GROVE...MONUMENT CIRCLE AND INDIANAPOLIS AROUND 415 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3988 8616 3971 8597 3956 8627 3963 8636
3963 8633 3968 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 235DEG 17KT 3966 8624
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN
$$
NIELD090
WWUS53 KIND 222001
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
401 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
INC109-222011-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110522T2015Z/
MORGAN-
401 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3988 8616 3971 8597 3959 8622 3962 8625
3963 8625 3963 8627 3968 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 250DEG 20KT 3966 8618
$$
INC081-097-222015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-110522T2015Z/
JOHNSON-MARION-
401 PM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
JOHNSON AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 357 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SOUTHPORT...OR 9 MILES SOUTH
OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOMECROFT...SOUTHPORT...MONUMENT CIRCLE AND INDIANAPOLIS AROUND 410
PM EDT...
BEECH GROVE AROUND 415 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3988 8616 3971 8597 3959 8622 3962 8625
3963 8625 3963 8627 3968 8633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 250DEG 20KT 3966 8618
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 2.50IN
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 9:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain | 45 min |
| May 22, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 30 min |
| May 22, 9:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Sullivan | 38 min |
| May 22, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clay, Owen | 45 min |
| May 22, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Owen | 49 min |
| May 22, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 37 min |
| May 22, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 49 min |
| May 22, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks | 41 min |
| May 22, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby | 39 min |
| May 22, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 67 min |
| May 22, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 27 min |
| May 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 49 min |
| May 22, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby | 44 min |
| May 22, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 10 min |
| May 22, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 24 min |
| May 22, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 48 min |
| May 22, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 25 min |
| May 22, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.