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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 9, 2011Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2011, 1:51 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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 9, 2011, 1:51 PM EDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2011, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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: 2009 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

516 
WUUS53 KIND 091751
SVRIND
INC153-167-091815-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0201.110609T1751Z-110609T1815Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
151 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 146 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 7 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF WEST UNION...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PRAIRIETON AROUND 205 PM EDT...
  FARMERSBURG AND PIMENTO AROUND 215 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 8758 3935 8756 3937 8753 3940 8729
      3929 8726 3915 8729 3920 8759 3923 8758
      3924 8758 3926 8761 3928 8762 3930 8761
      3931 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 271DEG 13KT 3927 8754
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/MK

3 follow-up statements

990 
WWUS53 KIND 091757
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
157 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

INC153-167-091815-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-110609T1815Z/
SULLIVAN-VIGO-
157 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 155 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 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF WEST UNION...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FAIRBANKS AROUND 205 PM EDT...
  FARMERSBURG...SHELBURN AND PIMENTO AROUND 215 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3935 8758 3935 8756 3937 8753 3940 8729
      3929 8726 3915 8729 3920 8759 3923 8758
      3924 8758 3926 8761 3928 8762 3930 8761
      3931 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 288DEG 11KT 3926 8753
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

MRD/MK

072 
WWUS53 KIND 091806
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
206 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

INC153-167-091815-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-110609T1815Z/
SULLIVAN-VIGO-
206 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EDT...

AT 204 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 7
MILES EAST OF WEST UNION...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SHELBURN AND FARMERSBURG AROUND 215 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3926 8761 3929 8757 3931 8751 3935 8742
      3936 8729 3929 8726 3915 8729 3920 8759
      3923 8758 3924 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 287DEG 12KT 3924 8753
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

MRD/MK

461 
WWUS53 KIND 091816
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
216 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

INC153-167-091826-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0201.000000T0000Z-110609T1815Z/
SULLIVAN-VIGO-
216 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN
VIGO COUNTIES HAS BEEN REISSUED...

PLEASE REFER TO THAT BULLETIN FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3926 8761 3929 8757 3931 8751 3935 8742
      3936 8729 3929 8726 3915 8729 3920 8759
      3923 8758 3924 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 287DEG 12KT 3924 8753

$$

MRD/MK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 3:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph and 1 more	41 min
Jun 9, 3:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry and 5 more	63 min
Jun 9, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	47 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin	39 min
Jun 9, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	45 min
Jun 9, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	39 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.