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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20118 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 10:55 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 50 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, 10:55 PM EDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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, 11:06 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Wnw Fairland, IN	TRUCK DRIVER REPORTS POSSIBLE FUNNEL ON ADVANCING LINE
May 25, 11:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Morristown, IN	TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
May 25, 11:15 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 N Morristown, IN	* 1 INJ * EF0 TORNADO KNOCKED DOWN OR SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES ALONG THE BIG BLUE RIVER AND ASBURY ROAD. TWO HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. AT ONE OF THE HOMES...A MAN WAS INJURED WHEN A TREE FELL ON HIS AUTOMOBILE. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS WERE 75 MPH WITH A PATH
May 25, 11:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Knightstown, IN	TWO SEMI TRUCKS BLOWN OFF OF INTERSTATE 70

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 20 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, 6:44 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

980 
WUUS53 KIND 260255
SVRIND
INC005-031-059-065-071-079-139-145-260345-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0177.110526T0255Z-110526T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1055 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1051 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROWNSTOWN...OR 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SEYMOUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SEYMOUR AND JONESVILLE AROUND 1100 PM EDT...
  HAYDEN...AZALIA...PARIS CROSSING AND ELIZABETHTOWN AROUND 1105 PM
  EDT...
  NORTH VERNON...COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES...VERNON AND SCIPIO AROUND 1110
  PM EDT...
  BUTLERVILLE...NEWBERN...HARTSVILLE AND HOPE AROUND 1115 PM EDT...
  NEBRASKA AROUND 1120 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 37 AND 83.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 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 3873 8589 3875 8594 3980 8595 3984 8521
      3979 8522 3978 8530 3927 8529 3919 8543
      3891 8544 3891 8553 3882 8561 3880 8579
      3874 8584
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 235DEG 57KT 3889 8589
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

KOCH

3 follow-up statements

960 
WWUS53 KIND 260325
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1125 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC071-260334-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
JACKSON-
1125 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3980 8588 3984 8521 3979 8522 3978 8530
      3927 8529 3919 8543 3891 8544 3891 8553
      3881 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 235DEG 57KT 3984 8566 3955 8545
          3894 8548

$$

INC005-031-059-065-079-139-145-260345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-HANCOCK-HENRY-JENNINGS-RUSH-SHELBY-
1125 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DECATUR...
NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHERN HANCOCK...SOUTHERN HENRY...
JENNINGS...RUSH AND EASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

AT 1119 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM GREENFIELD TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW SALEM...MAYS...CLARKSBURG AND NEWPOINT AROUND 1130 PM EDT...
  LAKE SANTEE...LEWISVILLE AND GLENWOOD AROUND 1135 PM EDT...
  STRAUGHN AROUND 1140 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 3980 8588 3984 8521 3979 8522 3978 8530
      3927 8529 3919 8543 3891 8544 3891 8553
      3881 8571
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 235DEG 57KT 3984 8566 3955 8545
          3894 8548
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

JAS

760 
WWUS53 KIND 260336
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1136 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC005-260346-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-
1136 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3981 8574 3984 8521 3979 8522 3978 8530
      3927 8529 3919 8543 3891 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 235DEG 57KT 3995 8545 3964 8531
          3904 8527

$$

INC031-059-065-079-139-145-260345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
DECATUR-HANCOCK-HENRY-JENNINGS-RUSH-SHELBY-
1136 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DECATUR...
SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK...SOUTHERN HENRY...NORTHEASTERN JENNINGS...RUSH
AND NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT...

AT 1133 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES WEST OF NEW CASTLE TO RUSHVILLE TO VERSAILLES...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF DECATUR...
NORTHEASTERN JENNINGS...NORTHEASTERN SHELBY...RUSH...SOUTHEASTERN
HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTIES.

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 3981 8574 3984 8521 3979 8522 3978 8530
      3927 8529 3919 8543 3891 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 235DEG 57KT 3995 8545 3964 8531
          3904 8527
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

JAS

595 
WWUS53 KIND 260347
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1147 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC031-059-065-079-139-145-260357-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0177.000000T0000Z-110526T0345Z/
DECATUR-HANCOCK-HENRY-JENNINGS-RUSH-SHELBY-
1147 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DECATUR...SOUTHEASTERN
HANCOCK...SOUTHERN HENRY...NORTHEASTERN JENNINGS...RUSH AND EASTERN
SHELBY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3981 8574 3984 8521 3979 8522 3978 8530
      3927 8529 3919 8543 3891 8553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 235DEG 57KT 3995 8544 3964 8531
          3904 8527

$$

JAS

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, 8:55 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 8:55 PM EDT, 2 hours before

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

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

&&

.MESO UPDATE...
MAIN CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW APPEARS TO BE LOCATED ALONG THE FAR SOUTHERN
ZONES...FROM VINCENNES TO BEDFORD TO NEAR NORTH VERNON. DEEP LAYER
SHEAR IS MAXIMIZED OVER INDIANA AT THIS TIME. SUPERCELLS AHEAD OF
SQUALL LINE WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND
TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. BEST
TORNADIC POTENTIAL OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS APPEARS TO BE
ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A TERRE HAUTE TO GREENSBURG
LINE...CLOSEST TO OUTFLOW BOUNDARY. SQUALL LINE APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST WILL BE MOVING INTO A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT SHEAR WISE AS
IT MOVES INTO THE LOCAL AREA AS WELL...SUGGESTING AN INCREASING
THREAT FOR WIND DAMAGE AND EMBEDDED TORNADOES.

&&

.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/...
SPC HAS EXTENDED WATCH TIL 06Z AS SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
THROUGH. ALSO FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 08Z AS
PORTIONS ACROSS OUR SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED
HEAVY RAINFALL.    LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM NEAR VINCENNES TO
GREENSBURG AND DAYTON.  THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS ESPECIALLY
BAD ACROSS OUR SOUTH THIS EVENING.

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 00Z TAFS/...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE RULE EARLY PART OF THE TAF PERIOD
TO AT LEAST 02Z OVER WESTERN SECTIONS TO 04Z-05Z KIND AND KBMG.
SURFACE OBS SHOWS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS WHICH WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING.
ALSO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA.

AFTER THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS OR
POSSIBLY A THUNDERSHOWER EXPECTED REST OF THE NIGHT AS MODELS MOVE
DRY SLOT INTO OUR REGION.  MODEL TIME HEIGHT SECTIONS INDICATES
LOWER LEVEL WILL BECOME SATURATED LATE TONIGHT INDICATING MOSTLY
MVFR CEILINGS.  I WOULD NOT RULE OUT IFR CEILINGS AT KLAF...BUT MVFR
APPEARS MOST LIKELY AT THIS TIME.

ON THURSDAY...LOOK FOR SHOWERS TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS AS UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS OUR AREA.  CEILINGS SHOULD
REMAIN MVFR FROM KIND AND KHUF AND NORTHWARD.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 400 AM EDT...
ZONES INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-
&&

MESO UPDATE...JAS
SYNOPSIS...JK
NEAR TERM...JK
SHORT TERM...JK/JH
LONG TERM....JK
AVIATION...JH

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 2:48 PM EDT, 8 hours 7 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, 10:39 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1039 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

1038 PM     HAIL             8 NE LAFAYETTE          40.49N 86.76W
05/25/2011  M1.00 INCH       TIPPECANOE         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 10:40 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1040 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

1035 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NE ROSSVILLE          40.45N 86.56W
05/25/2011                   CARROLL            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 10:41 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1041 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

1035 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW ROSS                39.96N 86.71W
05/25/2011                   MONTGOMERY         IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROOF OFF BARN AT 500 S AND SR 136. REPORTED AT 1035 PM.

&&

AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 10:42 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1042 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

1025 PM     TSTM WND GST     ODON                    38.84N 86.99W
05/25/2011  M69 MPH          DAVIESS            IN   AMATEUR RADIO

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AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 10:43 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1043 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

0630 PM     HAIL             2 W ROSSVILLE           40.42N 86.63W
05/25/2011  E1.00 INCH       CLINTON            IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL PEA TO QUARTER SIZE.

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AHOMANN

Local storm report, May 25, 10:51 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1051 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

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

1048 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S FLORA               40.46N 86.52W
05/25/2011                   CARROLL            IN   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN. ONE BLOCKING SR 75

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AHOMANN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby	50 min
May 25, 8:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Shelby	45 min
May 25, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison	34 min
May 25, 8:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	15 min
May 25, 8:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	59 min
May 25, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	67 min
May 25, 8:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen	33 min
May 25, 9:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	60 min
May 25, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph, Rush	30 min
May 25, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	34 min
May 25, 9:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby	49 min
May 25, 9:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe and 3 more	53 min
May 25, 9:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	36 min
May 25, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	48 min
May 25, 9:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	33 min
May 25, 9:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Putnam, Sullivan, Vigo	43 min
May 25, 9:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	25 min
May 25, 9:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	53 min
May 25, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	42 min
May 25, 9:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks and 5 more	24 min
May 25, 10:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more	41 min
May 25, 10:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hendricks, Howard, Marion and 4 more	48 min
May 25, 10:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe and 1 more	50 min
May 25, 10:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard and 2 more	40 min
May 25, 10:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	47 min
May 25, 11:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Howard, Madison and 3 more	39 min
May 25, 11:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton	41 min
May 25, 11:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby	48 min
May 25, 11:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison	36 min
May 25, 11:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	6 hr
May 25, 11:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph	6 hr
May 25, 11:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	27 min
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	5 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	70 hr
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	5 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	4 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	6 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	8 days
May 26, 12:50 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	9 days
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	7 days
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	21 hr
May 26, 3:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	21 hr

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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.