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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20115 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 5:31 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 4 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 25, 2011, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 25, 5:36 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	6 N Bloomfield, IN
May 25, 5:40 PM EDT	HAIL 1	1 Ne Bloomfield, IN
May 25, 5:55 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Ne Freedom, IN	HALF INCH TO ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL.
May 25, 6:22 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Stinesville, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 9 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 9:50 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 10.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

083 
WUUS53 KIND 252131
SVRIND
INC055-105-109-119-133-252215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0156.110525T2131Z-110525T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
531 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 529 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
  BLOOMFIELD...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING
  NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FREEDOM AROUND 545 PM EDT...
  SPENCER...MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AND PATRICKSBURG AROUND 555
  PM EDT...
  STINESVILLE AROUND 600 PM EDT...
  GOSPORT AROUND 605 PM EDT...
  DEVORE...QUINCY...CAGLES MILL LAKE AND PARAGON AROUND 610 PM EDT...
  CLOVERDALE...BELLE UNION AND EMINENCE AROUND 615 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 57.

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 3899 8708 3934 8696 3934 8694 3940 8695
      3962 8687 3962 8664 3961 8665 3960 8647
      3962 8646 3962 8640 3892 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 197DEG 39KT 3906 8693
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JAS

2 follow-up statements

247 
WWUS53 KIND 252141
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
541 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC055-105-109-119-133-252215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-110525T2215Z/
GREENE-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN-PUTNAM-
541 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
GREENE...NORTHWESTERN MONROE...WESTERN MORGAN...OWEN AND SOUTHEASTERN
PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 538 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 7 MILES
NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 21 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTH
AT 45 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPENCER...MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AND PATRICKSBURG AROUND 555
  PM EDT...
  STINESVILLE AROUND 600 PM EDT...
  GOSPORT AROUND 605 PM EDT...
  DEVORE...QUINCY...CAGLES MILL LAKE AND PARAGON AROUND 610 PM EDT...
  CLOVERDALE...BELLE UNION AND EMINENCE AROUND 615 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 3899 8708 3934 8696 3934 8694 3940 8695
      3962 8687 3962 8664 3961 8665 3960 8647
      3962 8646 3962 8640 3892 8687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 197DEG 39KT 3915 8689
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

77/TDUD

129 
WWUS53 KIND 252201
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
601 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC055-105-109-119-133-252215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-110525T2215Z/
GREENE-MONROE-MORGAN-OWEN-PUTNAM-
601 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
GREENE...NORTHWESTERN MONROE...WESTERN MORGAN...OWEN AND SOUTHEASTERN
PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...

AT 557 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
SPENCER...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 45
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DEVORE...QUINCY...CAGLES MILL LAKE AND PARAGON AROUND 610 PM EDT...
  CLOVERDALE...BELLE UNION AND EMINENCE AROUND 615 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 3902 8681 3934 8696 3935 8694 3941 8695
      3962 8687 3962 8664 3961 8665 3960 8647
      3962 8646 3962 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 197DEG 39KT 3936 8681
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

77/TDUD

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 May 25, 4:40 PM EDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 4:40 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
440 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

.UPDATE...
THE MESO UPDATE HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW...
&&

.MESO UPDATE...
NEED TO BE WATCHING TWO CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. FIRST ONE EXTENDS FROM NORTH CENTRAL IND SWWD THRU KHUF AND
ALONG I-70 IN IL.  THE SECOND FROM JUST NW OF KDAY THRU KEVV TO KMVN
IN IL.  LATEST RUC MODEL ANALYSIS SHOWS THE LOW LEVEL JET IS AT 50
KT OVER E CENTRAL AR AND EXTENDS NEWD INTO CENTRAL INDIANA
UNDERNEATH STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIFFUENCE.  WIDESPREAD STRONG/SEVERE
STROMS ARE OVER ERN MO AHEAD OF COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND THERE ARE
NEW DISCRETE CELLS NOW DEVELOPING ALONG THE I-70 BOUNDARY IN IL AND
SHOULD CONTINUE TO TRACK ALONG THE BOUNDARY TOWARDS W CENTRAL IND
BETWEEN NOW AND 23Z.  GIVEN THAT THE LOW LEVEL JET IS
JUXTAPOSITIONED UNDERNEATH THE EXIT REGION OF THE SRN BRANCH OF THE
UPPER LEVEL JET...DEEP LAYER IS BECOMEING MORE FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS OVER SRN IND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

GIVEN THAT MLCAPE WILL BE INCREASING BACK TO ABOVE 2000 J/KG AND
THAT 0-1KM STORM RELATIVE HELICITY IS 200 M2/S2 ACROSS SRN
INDIANA...ROTATING SUPERCELLS/TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS INCREASING IN NUMBER/AREA AFTER 22Z.
&&

.SYNOPSIS...

LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST ACROSS INDIANA FROM
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. EARLY IN THE WEEKEND THE WEATHER WILL BE
CONTROLLED BY HIGH PRESSURE TO OUR EAST AND A WARM FRONT TO THE
OUR NORTH. LATE IN THE WEEKEND THE WARM FRONT WILL PULL AWAY
LEAVING THE HIGH PRESSURE TO DOMINATE INDIANA WEATHER INTO MID WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/...

SEVERE OBVIOUS PROBLEM OVERNIGHT.

EVERYTHING...SPC...MODELS...ETC AGREES SYSTEM NOW OVER MISSOURI
ON SATELLITE TO BE MOST SIGNIFICANT PLAYER THIS EVENT. THREAT OF
EVERYTHING UP TO AND INCLUDING TORNADOES CONTINUING INTO EARLY
TONIGHT...THEN FALLING OFF AS MAIN DYNAMICS PUSH EAST.

HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED WITH THIS SYSTEM. NEEDS TO BE
MENTIONED...BUT CANT FIND A FOCUSING MECHANISM THAT WOULD CALL FOR
A FLOOD WATCH.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE EXTREMELY DEPENDENT ON LOCATION OF LOW AT
12Z. DONT FEEL I CAN OUT PERFORM MOS...WHICH IS CLOSE...BUT
UNCERTAINTY IS HIGH.

&&

.SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...

MAIN PROBLEM POPS

MODELS ARE CLOSE WITH STACKED SYSTEM OVER AREA INTO AT LEAST
THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SUPPORTS WETTER MET.

FORECAST LOWER 60S BY DAWN. GIVEN THAT TOUGH TIME WITH NEAR 70
THURSDAY WITH A WET FORECAST. WILL DROP MOS ABOUT A CATEGORY.
GOING UP A CATEGORY THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH NEARBY LOW CLOUDS SHOULD
BLOCK COOLING.

FOR FRIDAY LIKE THE WARMER MAV. BOTH MODELS AGREE WE SHOULD SEE
ENOUGH DRY AIR WORK IN FOR SOME SUN. IN MAY THAT OUGHT GET US AT
LEAST CLOSE TO 70. SINCE LIKE WARMER MAV FRIDAY...WILL USE WARMER
MAV FRIDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

FEW CHANGES TO HPC WITH MAIN MODELS IN ROUGH AGREEMENT.

THIS MEANS RAIN CHANCES INTO SATURDAY BUT FALLING OFF SATURDAY
NIGHT AS WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH. THEN DRY AS RIDGE BUILDS IN SUNDAY
INTO TUESDAY...WITH CHANCE STORMS RETURNING TUESDAY NIGHT OR
WEDNESDAY AS FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST.

HPC REALLY BROUGHT UP THE TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS AFTER THE
WARM FRONT PASSES. I AGREE BASED ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THESE
SOUTHWEST FLOW SITUATIONS. ALSO WET GROUND SHOULD HAVE STRONG
EFFECT ON DEWPOINTS.

&&

.AVIATION.../DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS/...

MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THE FIRST PARTS OF THE TAF PERIOD.
BRIEF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH TSRA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MVFR CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN EARLY
ON THURSDAY MORNING.

DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH TOWARD THE
OHIO VALLEY TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE
WARM SECTOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS MODELS DEPICT A 40 KNT
LLJ APPROACHING OVER THE WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS. PRECISE TIMING
IS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME THUS WILL PAINT A WINDOW OF VCTS
MAINLY DURING AFTER 20Z THROUGH ABOUT 03Z. LATER ISSUANCES SHOULD
HAVE A BETTER HANDLING ON TIMING...BUT FOR NOW THIS APPEARS TO BE
THE BEST WINDOW BASED UPON THE RAPID REFRESH...DAYTIME HEATING AND
MODEL SUGGESTED LLJ INTERACTION.

AS THE LOW REACHES CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT...EXTENSIVE MVFR
CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN. TIME HEIGHTS SHOW EXTENSIVE LOWER
LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

MESO UPDATE...DWM
SYNOPSIS...JK
NEAR TERM...JK
SHORT TERM...JK
LONG TERM....JK
AVIATION...JP

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 2:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
248 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INZ028-029-035-043-044-261900-
WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-
248 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE PRIMARY THREAT
IS STRONG TORNADOES. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

FLOODING WILL PERSIST NEAR THE WABASH RIVER.

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

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY...BUT IT WONT BE AS
BAD AS TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. STORMS MAY RETURN
TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THEY
WILL BE SEVERE.

THE WEATHER WILL BE VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FROM
SUNDAY INTO MIDWEEK.

FLOODING SHOULD PERSIST ALONG THE WABASH RIVER INTO MID WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ021-030-031-036>042-047>049-056-057-064-065-072-261900-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-
DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-SHELBY-RUSH-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-JENNINGS-
248 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT...

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS
STRONG TORNADOES. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

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

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY...BUT IT WONT BE AS BAD
AS TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. STORMS MAY RETURN
TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THEY
WILL BE SEVERE.

THE WEATHER WILL BE VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FROM
SUNDAY INTO MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ045-046-051>055-060>063-067>071-261900-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SULLIVAN-GREENE-
MONROE-BROWN-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-
248 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS
STRONG TORNADOES. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

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

THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THURSDAY...BUT IT WONT BE AS BAD
AS TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. STORMS MAY RETURN
TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THEY
WILL BE SEVERE.

THE WEATHER WILL BE VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FROM
SUNDAY INTO MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

&&

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

JK

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 5:22 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
522 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     HAIL             3 W GREENSBURG          39.34N 85.54W
05/25/2011  M2.75 INCH       DECATUR            IN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES ALSO DOWNED.

&&

AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 5:24 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
524 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 PM     TSTM WND GST     GREENSBURG              39.34N 85.48W
05/25/2011  E70 MPH          DECATUR            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            ACCOMPANIED BY GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

&&

AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 5:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
526 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0523 PM     HAIL             5 NE GREENSBURG         39.39N 85.41W
05/25/2011  M1.00 INCH       DECATUR            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            AT 500 N AND 400 E.

&&

AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 5:28 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
528 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             SANDUSKY                39.42N 85.48W
05/25/2011  M1.00 INCH       DECATUR            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 5:29 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
529 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREENSBORO              39.88N 85.46W
05/25/2011                   HENRY              IN   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            THREE BARNS DAMAGED ALONG WITH A SILO AT 250 E AND 100 S.

&&

AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 5:30 PM EDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
530 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0527 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREENSBURG              39.34N 85.48W
05/25/2011                   DECATUR            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            SEMI BLOWN OVER AT SR 3 AND I-74.

&&

AHOMANN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware	40 min
May 24, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	50 min
May 24, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	43 min
May 24, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	30 min
May 25, 9:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tipton	44 min
May 25, 9:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Howard, Tipton	31 min
May 25, 9:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	45 min
May 25, 10:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren	52 min
May 25, 11:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe	33 min
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	35 hr
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	15 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	16 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	13 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	19 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	35 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	35 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox	17 days
May 25, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	12 days
May 25, 12:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	26 min
May 25, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	15 min
May 25, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	39 min
May 25, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	52 min
May 25, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren	54 min
May 25, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	48 min
May 25, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin	45 min
May 25, 2:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	15 min
May 25, 2:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe	66 min
May 25, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Sullivan	48 min
May 25, 2:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	33 min
May 25, 2:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard, Tipton	31 min
May 25, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	40 min
May 25, 2:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	23 min
May 25, 2:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	47 min
May 25, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	16 min
May 25, 3:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	28 min
May 25, 3:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton	35 min
May 25, 3:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	46 min
May 25, 3:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	3 hr
May 25, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen	49 min
May 25, 3:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe	6 hr
May 25, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	43 min
May 25, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Lawrence and 3 more	56 min
May 25, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo	50 min
May 25, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	9 hr
May 25, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur	49 min
May 25, 4:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion	6 hr
May 25, 4:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby	42 min
May 25, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	20 min
May 25, 5:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	19 min
May 25, 5:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	44 min
May 25, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	41 min
May 25, 6:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	42 min
May 25, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	41 min
May 25, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	25 min
May 25, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	38 min
May 25, 6:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	52 min
May 25, 6:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	3 hr
May 25, 6:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	50 min
May 25, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson	49 min
May 25, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	33 min
May 25, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Morgan	46 min
May 25, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	38 min
May 25, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	48 min
May 25, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam	31 min
May 25, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	39 min
May 25, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	38 min
May 25, 7:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	49 min
May 25, 7:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	29 min
May 25, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton	30 min
May 25, 7:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	43 min
May 25, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	51 min
May 25, 7:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	32 min
May 25, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Morgan	30 min
May 25, 7:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush	40 min
May 25, 7:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Lawrence	51 min
May 25, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby	48 min
May 25, 7:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	27 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.