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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 3, 2011Fountain County, Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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: Sep 3, 2011, 6:25 PM EDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2011, 7:01 PM EDT
In force: 36 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

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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
Sep 3, 6:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 Ne Veedersburg, IN	REPORT FROM CHANNEL 18 BLOG. TIME AND EXACT LOCATION ESTIMATED.
Sep 3, 7:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Veedersburg, IN	SEVERAL TREES DOWN...UP TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER
Sep 3, 7:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	3 Ne Veedersburg, IN	REPORT FROM CHANNEL 18 BLOG. TIME AND EXACT LOCATION ESTIMATED.

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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 1443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

105 
WUUS53 KIND 032225
SVRIND
INC045-107-121-032315-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0310.110903T2225Z-110903T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
625 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 620 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
  SOUTH OF VEEDERSBURG...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VEEDERSBURG...
  HILLSBORO...
  WAYNETOWN...
  MELLOTT...
  NEWTOWN...
  WINGATE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 25.

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. REMEMBER...WHEN THUNDER 
ROARS GO INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 4031 8721 4025 8709 4021 8709 4022 8703
      4018 8697 3990 8726 3997 8743 4001 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 214DEG 15KT 4004 8726
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RYAN

2 follow-up statements

731 
WWUS53 KIND 032240
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
640 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

INC121-032250-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-110903T2315Z/
PARKE-
640 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4031 8721 4025 8709 4021 8709 4022 8702
      4018 8697 3997 8723 4000 8738 4003 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 214DEG 15KT 4010 8721

$$

INC045-107-032315-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-110903T2315Z/
FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
640 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FOUNTAIN AND
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 638 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 NEAR
VEEDERSBURG...OR 17 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HILLSBORO...MELLOTT...NEWTOWN AND WINGATE.

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. REMEMBER...WHEN THUNDER 
ROARS GO INDOORS.

&&

LAT...LON 4031 8721 4025 8709 4021 8709 4022 8702
      4018 8697 3997 8723 4000 8738 4003 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 214DEG 15KT 4010 8721
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RYAN

006 
WWUS53 KIND 032301
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
701 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

INC045-107-032310-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-110903T2315Z/
FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
701 PM EDT SAT SEP 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FOUNTAIN AND NORTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. HOWEVER GUSTY 
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM. REMEMBER...WHEN THUNDER ROARS GO INDOORS.

LAT...LON 4031 8721 4025 8709 4021 8709 4022 8702
      4018 8697 3997 8723 4000 8738 4003 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 214DEG 15KT 4017 8715

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware	43 min
Sep 3, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Monroe	36 min
Sep 3, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock	31 min
Sep 3, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion	40 min
Sep 3, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson	23 min
Sep 3, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion	47 min
Sep 3, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Shelby	48 min
Sep 3, 6:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock	25 min
Sep 3, 6:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Madison	23 min
Sep 3, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	42 min
Sep 3, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison	44 min
Sep 3, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Madison	36 min
Sep 3, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	25 min
Sep 3, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.