Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 27, 2011, 11:05 PM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 11:05 PM EST (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 11:45 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 11:40 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Rockville, IN | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
958 WUUS53 KIND 280405 SVRIND INC045-107-121-133-165-280445- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0003.110228T0405Z-110228T0445Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1105 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1145 PM EST/1045 PM CST/ * AT 1002 PM CST...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 PARIS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DANA...FAIRVIEW PARK AND CLINTON AROUND 1115 PM EST... MONTEZUMA...MECCA AND NEWPORT AROUND 1120 PM EST... ROCKVILLE AROUND 1125 PM EST... MARSHALL...BLOOMINGDALE AND TURKEY RUN STATE PARK AROUND 1130 PM EST... JUDSON AND CECIL HARDEN LAKE AROUND 1135 PM EST... WAVELAND...SHADES STATE PARK AND WALLACE AROUND 1140 PM EST... 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 3985 8754 4005 8705 3979 8688 3961 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 246DEG 44KT 3971 8758 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MRD/JK
3 follow-up statements
638 WWUS53 KIND 280419 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1119 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 INC045-107-121-133-165-280445- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0445Z/ FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-VERMILLION- 1119 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM...PARKE...SOUTHERN VERMILLION...SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EST/1045 PM CST/... AT 1116 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF ROCKVILLE...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MARSHALL...JUDSON AND TURKEY RUN STATE PARK AROUND 1125 PM EST... CECIL HARDEN LAKE AND WALLACE AROUND 1130 PM EST... WAVELAND...RUSSELLVILLE...SHADES STATE PARK AND ALAMO AROUND 1135 PM EST... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && LAT...LON 3985 8754 4005 8705 3979 8688 3961 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 248DEG 54KT 3980 8730 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MRD/JK
739
WWUS53 KIND 280433
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1133 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011
INC165-280442-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0445Z/
VERMILLION-
1133 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3968 8739 3971 8739 3995 8730 4005 8705
3979 8688 3965 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 247DEG 64KT 3979 8727
$$
INC045-107-121-133-280445-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0445Z/
FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-
1133 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
PUTNAM...PARKE...SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN
COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EST...
AT 1130 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKVILLE...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF TERRE
HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WAVELAND...JUDSON...SHADES STATE PARK AND CECIL HARDEN LAKE AROUND
1140 PM EST...
RUSSELLVILLE AROUND 1145 PM EST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3968 8739 3971 8739 3995 8730 4005 8705
3979 8688 3965 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 247DEG 64KT 3979 8727
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRD/JK775
WWUS53 KIND 280442
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1142 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011
INC045-107-121-133-280452-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110228T0445Z/
FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-
1142 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM...PARKE...
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1145 PM EST/1045 PM CST/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3968 8739 3971 8739 3995 8730 4005 8705
3979 8688 3965 8741
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 247DEG 64KT 3985 8705
$$
MRD/JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery, Tipton | 43 min |
| Feb 27, 10:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 44 min |
| Feb 27, 11:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 12:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Fountain, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry and 5 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 1:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 41 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 2:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 1 more | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 2:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 2:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 4:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 56 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 50 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 35 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.