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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2011, 7:26 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 49 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: Jun 4, 2011, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 2749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

737 
WUUS53 KIND 042326
SVRIND
INC023-045-157-171-050015-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0192.110604T2326Z-110605T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 721 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 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MULBERRY AND CLARKS HILL AROUND 735 PM EDT...
  COLFAX AROUND 745 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 175.

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 4040 8645 4018 8657 4019 8669 4022 8670
      4022 8708 4043 8731 4048 8717 4048 8710
      4050 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 285DEG 22KT 4034 8675
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

77/TDUD

1 follow-up statement

643 
WWUS53 KIND 042355
SVSIND

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

INC023-045-157-171-050015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0192.000000T0000Z-110605T0015Z/
CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN-
755 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...TIPPECANOE AND NORTHEASTERN WARREN
COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT...

AT 753 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 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MULBERRY AND CLARKS HILL AROUND 800 PM EDT...
  COLFAX AROUND 805 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 4040 8645 4018 8657 4019 8669 4022 8670
      4022 8708 4043 8731 4048 8717 4048 8710
      4050 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 277DEG 27KT 4033 8674
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

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, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Randolph, Tipton	95 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, 7:35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.