Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 2:03 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687
WUUS53 KIND 231803
SVRIND
INC005-031-231845-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0013.110323T1803Z-110323T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
203 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 200 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 8 MILES
WEST OF GREENSBURG...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GREENSBURG AROUND 210 PM EDT...
NEWPOINT AROUND 225 PM EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 130 AND 144.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3924 8536 3925 8575 3934 8578 3935 8576
3934 8565 3937 8564 3939 8557 3933 8530
3927 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 275DEG 33KT 3934 8559
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRD/JK2 follow-up statements
940
WWUS53 KIND 231812 RRA
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
212 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
INC005-231822-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1845Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-
212 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3924 8536 3932 8557 3938 8558 3939 8557
3933 8530 3927 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 275DEG 33KT 3933 8548
$$
INC031-231845-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1845Z/
DECATUR-
212 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
DECATUR COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM EDT...
AT 208 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
GREENSBURG...OR 17 MILES WEST OF BATESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEWPOINT AROUND 225 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
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 3924 8536 3932 8557 3938 8558 3939 8557
3933 8530 3927 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 275DEG 33KT 3933 8548
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRD/JK595
WWUS53 KIND 231835
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
235 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
INC031-231845-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T1845Z/
DECATUR-
235 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT/145 PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3924 8536 3932 8557 3938 8558 3939 8557
3933 8530 3927 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 275DEG 33KT 3931 8521
$$
MRD/JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 22 min |
| Mar 23, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 11 min |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tipton | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Vermillion | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 21 min |
| Mar 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.