Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 6:39 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.
981
WUUS53 KIND 232239
SVRIND
INC057-095-232330-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0018.110323T2239Z-110323T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
639 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 636 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF NOBLESVILLE...OR 16 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON...AND
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FRANKTON AROUND 655 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 4013 8572 4009 8608 4023 8607 4023 8587
4025 8586 4025 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 270DEG 26KT 4016 8594
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
77/TDUD2 follow-up statements
993
WWUS53 KIND 232253
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
653 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
INC057-095-232330-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110323T2330Z/
HAMILTON-MADISON-
653 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
HAMILTON AND WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...
AT 648 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND WEST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4013 8572 4012 8597 4023 8596 4023 8587
4025 8586 4025 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 269DEG 36KT 4016 8574
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
PUMA865
WWUS53 KIND 232328
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
728 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
INC057-095-232338-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-110323T2330Z/
HAMILTON-MADISON-
728 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND WEST
CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT/630 PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4013 8572 4012 8597 4023 8596 4023 8587
4025 8586 4025 8577
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 269DEG 36KT 4017 8528
$$
PUMAThe 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, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 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, 6:42 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
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.