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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 320, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 14, 20114 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 14, 2011, 5:02 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 4 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: Nov 14, 2011, 5:02 PM EST (22:02 UTC)
Expired: Nov 14, 2011, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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
Nov 14, 5:13 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 65	Terre Haute, IN	SEVERAL 10 INCH DIAMETER PINE TREES DOWN AS WELL ON PRARIETON RD JUST SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE.
Nov 14, 5:13 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 65	Terre Haute, IN	TREE DOWN DUE TO WINDS ALSO.
Nov 14, 5:13 PM EST	HAIL 0.88	Terre Haute, IN
Nov 14, 5:24 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Sandford, IN	POWER OUTAGE ON STATE LINE RD NEAR SANDFORD INDIANA.

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
Nov 14, 12:41 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 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.

293 
WUUS53 KIND 142202
SVRIND
INC021-121-165-167-142230-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0320.111114T2202Z-111114T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
502 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 459 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  DENNISON...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARSHALL...AND MOVING EAST AT 60
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TERRE HAUTE...
  BRAZIL...
  WEST TERRE HAUTE...
  INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...
  UNIVERSAL...
  SHEPARDSVILLE...
  NORTH TERRE HAUTE...
  RILEY...
  SEELYVILLE...
  CORY...
  ROSEDALE...
  FONTANET...
  STAUNTON...
  SALINE CITY...
  BRIDGETON...
  CENTER POINT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 24.

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 3933 8759 3935 8758 3935 8756 3936 8754
      3963 8754 3971 8719 3936 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 254DEG 53KT 3946 8751
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

77/TDUD

1 follow-up statement

618 
WWUS53 KIND 142215
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

INC021-121-165-167-142230-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0320.000000T0000Z-111114T2230Z/
CLAY-PARKE-VERMILLION-VIGO-
515 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
CLAY...SOUTHWESTERN PARKE...SOUTHERN VERMILLION AND VIGO COUNTIES
UNTIL 530 PM EST...

AT 513 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE AND ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS ON THE 
SOUTH SIDE OF TERRE HAUTE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TERRE 
HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRAZIL...NORTH TERRE HAUTE...RILEY...SEELYVILLE...CORY...
  ROSEDALE...FONTANET...STAUNTON...SALINE CITY...BRIDGETON AND CENTER
  POINT.

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.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3933 8759 3935 8758 3935 8756 3936 8754
      3963 8754 3971 8719 3936 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 254DEG 49KT 3949 8736
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.75IN

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 13, 7:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	26 min
Nov 13, 8:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	37 min
Nov 13, 8:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone	23 min
Nov 13, 10:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Morgan	31 min
Nov 13, 11:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson	28 min
Nov 13, 11:32 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush, Shelby	43 min
Nov 14, 6:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Parke, Putnam	45 min
Nov 14, 9:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clinton	39 min
Nov 14, 2:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warren	34 min
Nov 14, 2:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll	42 min
Nov 14, 2:51 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Warren	39 min
Nov 14, 3:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	30 min
Nov 14, 3:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	46 min
Nov 14, 3:32 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll	43 min
Nov 14, 3:52 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll	38 min
Nov 14, 4:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion	44 min
Nov 14, 4:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Tippecanoe	2 hr
Nov 14, 4:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton	20 min
Nov 14, 4:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	31 min
Nov 14, 5:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	41 min
Nov 14, 5:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam	31 min
Nov 14, 5:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	46 min
Nov 14, 6:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton	5 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.