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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 20116 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2011, 7:06 AM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 54 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 20, 2011, 7:06 AM EDT (11:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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.

079 
WUUS53 KIND 201106
SVRIND
INC059-065-081-097-139-145-201200-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0243.110620T1106Z-110620T1200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
706 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 702 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GREENFIELD AROUND 715 AM EDT...
  MORRISTOWN AND WALDRON AROUND 720 AM EDT...
  MANILLA AROUND 725 AM EDT...
  ARLINGTON AND MOSCOW AROUND 730 AM EDT...
  CARTHAGE AROUND 735 AM EDT...
  MILROY AND KNIGHTSTOWN AROUND 740 AM EDT...
  RUSHVILLE AROUND 745 AM EDT...
  MAYS...DUNREITH AND SPICELAND AROUND 750 AM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 111 AND 122.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 123.

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 8533 3942 8594 3974 8607 3986 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1107Z 262DEG 27KT 3960 8582
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

SMF
1 follow-up statement
789 
WWUS53 KIND 201121
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
721 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

INC059-065-081-097-139-145-201200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-110620T1200Z/
HANCOCK-HENRY-JOHNSON-MARION-RUSH-SHELBY-
721 AM EDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HANCOCK...SOUTHWESTERN HENRY...NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN
MARION...RUSH AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 AM EDT...

AT 720 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WALDRON AND GREENFIELD AROUND 740 AM EDT...
  MORRISTOWN AROUND 745 AM EDT...
  MANILLA AROUND 755 AM EDT...
  MOSCOW AROUND 800 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.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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 8533 3942 8594 3974 8607 3986 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1121Z 259DEG 12KT 3953 8578
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 1:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Martin36 min
Jun 20, 2:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence30 min
Jun 20, 2:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan52 min
Jun 20, 3:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery24 min
Jun 20, 3:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe, Morgan44 min
Jun 20, 3:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan46 min
Jun 20, 4:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby46 min
Jun 20, 5:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby45 min
Jun 20, 5:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby4 hr
Jun 20, 5:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan, Shelby51 min
Jun 20, 5:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren51 min
Jun 20, 6:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion44 min
Jun 20, 6:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Rush, Shelby51 min
Jun 20, 6:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion, Tipton56 min
Jun 20, 6:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren49 min
Jun 20, 7:05 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 1 more4 hr
Jun 20, 7:31 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren3 hr
Jun 20, 7:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren48 min
Jun 20, 7:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton, Hancock44 min
Jun 20, 7:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby51 min
Jun 20, 8:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDecatur, Rush3 hr
Jun 20, 8:29 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more3 hr
Jun 20, 8:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush39 min
Jun 20, 8:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe48 min
Jun 20, 8:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby6 hr
Jun 20, 9:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe38 min
Jun 20, 9:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion6 hr
Jun 20, 9:59 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam3 hr
Jun 20, 10:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Marion, Rush, Shelby65 min
Jun 20, 10:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks49 min
Jun 20, 10:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton, Tippecanoe47 min
Jun 20, 11:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren4 hr
Jun 20, 11:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDecatur, Hancock, Rush, Shelby4 hr
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby9 hr
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson48 hr
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington4 days
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan25 hr
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan25 hr
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan11 hr
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen71 hr
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen71 hr
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Owen4 days
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox5 days
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox6 days
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike7 days
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike11 days
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox12 days
Jun 20, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo6 days
Jun 20, 11:34 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton3 hr
Jun 20, 2:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren24 hr
Jun 20, 3:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Boone, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson and 3 more24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.