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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 20116 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2011, 6:40 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 95 min. 5 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: Jun 4, 2011, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Howard County, IN, Madison County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 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
Jun 4, 6:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elwood, IN	POWER LINES DOWN ON 500 N BETWEEN 800 W AND 900 W.
Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Yorktown, IN	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN YORKTOWN. LIKELY CAUSED POWER OUTAGES ON THE EAST SIDE OF DALEVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	6 N Kokomo, IN	60 MPH GUST MEASURED AT 600 N AND 150 W...ON HOWARD AND MIAMI COUNTY LINE.
Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Kokomo, IN	SOUTHWEST KOKOMO...AT LINCOLN AND DIXON.
Jun 4, 7:25 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Tipton, IN	ACCOMPANIED BY 45 MPH WINDS.

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
Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

793 
WUUS53 KIND 042240
SVRIND
INC023-035-067-095-135-159-050015-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0191.110604T2240Z-110605T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
640 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 638 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR KOKOMO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KOKOMO AND INDIAN HEIGHTS AROUND 645 PM EDT...
  SHARPSVILLE AROUND 650 PM EDT...
  GREENTOWN AND TIPTON AROUND 700 PM EDT...
  WINDFALL AROUND 705 PM EDT...
  ELWOOD AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  ORESTES AND FRANKTON AROUND 735 PM EDT...
  ALEXANDRIA AROUND 740 PM EDT...
  SUMMITVILLE AROUND 745 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 51.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4038 8585 4038 8522 4031 8521 4031 8516
      4004 8519 4004 8522 4008 8522 4007 8536
      4018 8586 4022 8587 4021 8604 4030 8644
      4057 8629 4057 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 285DEG 24KT 4047 8616
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN

$$

SMF

2 follow-up statements

177 
WWUS53 KIND 042315
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

INC023-035-067-095-135-159-050015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-110605T0015Z/
CLINTON-DELAWARE-HOWARD-MADISON-RANDOLPH-TIPTON-
715 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE...
NORTHEASTERN CLINTON...HOWARD...NORTHERN MADISON...NORTHWESTERN
RANDOLPH AND TIPTON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
KOKOMO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENTOWN AROUND 720 PM EDT...
  WINDFALL AND TIPTON AROUND 725 PM EDT...
  ELWOOD AROUND 740 PM EDT...
  FRANKTON AROUND 745 PM EDT...
  ORESTES...ALEXANDRIA AND SUMMITVILLE AROUND 750 PM EDT...
  GASTON AROUND 800 PM EDT...
  DALEVILLE AROUND 805 PM EDT...
  YORKTOWN AND EATON AROUND 810 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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4038 8585 4038 8522 4031 8521 4031 8516
      4004 8519 4004 8522 4008 8522 4007 8536
      4018 8586 4022 8587 4021 8604 4030 8644
      4057 8629 4057 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 295DEG 34KT 4039 8610
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

77/TDUD

008 
WWUS53 KIND 042354
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
754 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

INC023-035-067-095-135-159-050015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0191.000000T0000Z-110605T0015Z/
CLINTON-DELAWARE-HOWARD-MADISON-RANDOLPH-TIPTON-
754 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE...
NORTHEASTERN CLINTON...HOWARD...NORTHERN MADISON...NORTHWESTERN
RANDOLPH AND TIPTON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 749 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ALEXANDRIA...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DALEVILLE AROUND 805 PM EDT...
  YORKTOWN AND EATON AROUND 810 PM EDT...
  BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AND MUNCIE AROUND 815 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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4038 8585 4038 8522 4031 8521 4031 8516
      4004 8519 4004 8522 4008 8522 4007 8536
      4018 8586 4022 8587 4021 8604 4030 8644
      4057 8629 4057 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 295DEG 34KT 4023 8566
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

SMF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clinton, Howard	41 min
Jun 4, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	50 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	45 min
Jun 4, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tipton	60 min
Jun 4, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	69 min
Jun 4, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Howard, Tipton	3 hr
Jun 4, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe	79 min
Jun 4, 6:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Howard	12 min
Jun 4, 6:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Madison	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Delaware, Madison	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	3 hr
Jun 4, 7:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Tipton	6 hr
Jun 4, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	49 min
Jun 4, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	40 min
Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more	41 min
Jun 4, 7:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	38 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.