Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 3:16 AM EDT for Monroe County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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 20, 2011, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 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 20, 4:00 AM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Martinsville, IN | ON COLUMBUS ST. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 20, 4:01 AM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Martinsville, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
521
WUUS53 KIND 200716
SVRIND
INC105-109-200800-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0233.110620T0716Z-110620T0800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
316 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 314 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE...OR 14 MILES
NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MARTINSVILLE AROUND 340 AM EDT...
MAHALASVILLE AROUND 345 AM EDT...
MORGANTOWN AROUND 355 AM 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 3956 8625 3934 8625 3934 8628 3934 8638
3932 8638 3929 8655 3935 8663 3947 8663
3947 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 254DEG 18KT 3937 8655
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
501 follow-up statement
793
WWUS53 KIND 200737
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
337 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
INC105-109-200800-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-110620T0800Z/
MONROE-MORGAN-
337 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
MONROE AND SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM EDT...
AT 333 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARTINSVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF
BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MAHALASVILLE AND CENTERTON AROUND 345 AM EDT...
MORGANTOWN AROUND 355 AM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3948 8662 3947 8666 3956 8625 3934 8625
3934 8638 3932 8638 3930 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 0737Z 254DEG 18KT 3940 8642
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 2:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 2:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 3:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery | 24 min |
| Jun 20, 3:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 4:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jun 20, 5:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 5:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 5:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 6:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 6:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 6:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion, Tipton | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 6:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 7:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 54 min |
| Jun 20, 7:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 7:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton, Hancock | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 7:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 8:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Decatur, Rush | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 8:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 8:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 9:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Marion, Rush, Shelby | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 11:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Decatur, Hancock, Rush, Shelby | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 48 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 4 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 25 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 25 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 11 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 71 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 71 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 4 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 5 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 6 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 7 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 11 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 12 days |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 6 days |
| Jun 20, 11:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 24 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson and 3 more | 24 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.