Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2011, 9:04 PM EDT for Delaware County, Henry County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 56 min. 3 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
- Aug 13, 2011, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 9:08 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Anderson, IN | |
| Aug 13, 9:13 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 N Pendleton, IN | APPARENT FUNNEL CLOUD ACCOMPANIED THIS HAIL |
| Aug 13, 9:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 3 Ese Muncie, IN | SMALL BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER FLASHES IN THE DISTANCE...A BRIEF WHIRL WIND OF SOME SORT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1063 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542
WUUS53 KIND 140104
SVRIND
INC035-065-095-140200-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0294.110814T0104Z-110814T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
904 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 902 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 6 MILES
NORTH OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DALEVILLE AND CHESTERFIELD AROUND 910 PM EDT...
MIDDLETOWN AND GASTON AROUND 915 PM EDT...
YORKTOWN AND SULPHUR SPRINGS AROUND 920 PM EDT...
MUNCIE...BALL STATE UNIVERSITY...SPRINGPORT AND MOUNT SUMMIT AROUND
925 PM EDT...
SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK AND EATON AROUND 930 PM EDT...
SELMA...PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR AND BLOUNTSVILLE AROUND 935 PM
EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 8522 3995 8583 4023 8580 4038 8574
4039 8547 4038 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 270DEG 35KT 4017 8565
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
SMF4 follow-up statements
085
WWUS53 KIND 140122
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
922 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
INC035-065-095-140200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110814T0200Z/
DELAWARE-HENRY-MADISON-
922 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE...
NORTHERN HENRY AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNCIE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION...PING PONG SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN PENDLETON WITH
THIS STORM.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MOUNT SUMMIT AND EATON AROUND 930 PM EDT...
PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR...SELMA AND SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK AROUND
935 PM EDT...
BLOUNTSVILLE...MOORELAND AND ALBANY AROUND 940 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 8522 3995 8583 4012 8578 4019 8572
4027 8560 4039 8547 4038 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 270DEG 35KT 4011 8546
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
SMF924
WWUS53 KIND 140134
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
934 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
INC095-140145-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110814T0200Z/
MADISON-
934 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3995 8522 3995 8557 4010 8558 4017 8556
4022 8552 4027 8539 4030 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 273DEG 42KT 4005 8534
$$
INC035-065-140200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110814T0200Z/
DELAWARE-HENRY-
934 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
DELAWARE AND NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
AT 933 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES NORTH OF NEW CASTLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUNCIE...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLOUNTSVILLE...SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK...MOORELAND AND PRAIRIE CREEK
RESERVOIR AROUND 940 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 8522 3995 8557 4010 8558 4017 8556
4022 8552 4027 8539 4030 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 273DEG 42KT 4005 8534
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
PUMA140
WWUS53 KIND 140149
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
949 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
INC035-065-140200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110814T0200Z/
DELAWARE-HENRY-
949 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
DELAWARE AND NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
AT 947 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 NEW CASTLE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF CAMBRIDGE CITY...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES.
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 4004 8543 4015 8531 4030 8522 3995 8522
3995 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 278DEG 39KT 3998 8523
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
PUMA988
WWUS53 KIND 140157
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
957 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
INC035-065-140207-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-110814T0200Z/
DELAWARE-HENRY-
957 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND
NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM EDT/900 PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4004 8543 4015 8531 4030 8522 3995 8522
3995 8550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 278DEG 39KT 3996 8512
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Putnam | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Monroe | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Owen | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jennings | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.