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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 20119 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 11:06 PM EDT for 9 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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, 11:06 PM EDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2011, 11:45 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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, 11:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 70	Muncie, IN	ACCOMPANIED BY 1 INCH HAIL
May 25, 11:53 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Muncie, IN
May 25, 11:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Selma, IN

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

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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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.

097 
WUUS53 KIND 260306
SVRIND
INC035-057-059-065-067-095-097-135-159-260345-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0178.110526T0306Z-110526T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1106 PM EDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EXTREME WESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 1105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF SWAYZEE TO LAWRENCE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
  DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANDERSON...
  MUNCIE...
  ELWOOD...
  ALEXANDRIA...
  NEW CASTLE...
  FORTVILLE...
  LAPEL...
  INGALLS...
  FRANKTON...
  PENDLETON...
  EDGEWOOD...
  RIVER FOREST...
  ORESTES...
  WOODLAWN HEIGHTS...
  COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS...
  WILKINSON...
  SHIRLEY...
  MARKLEVILLE...
  SUMMITVILLE...
  KENNARD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 51.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 133.

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 4038 8585 4038 8522 3991 8519 3982 8522
      3979 8602 4057 8604 4057 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 238DEG 56KT 4050 8594 3987 8592
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.88IN

$$

CP

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, 10:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Jackson, Jennings and 2 more	50 min
May 25, 10:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	47 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.