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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 19, 2011Boone County, Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2011, 12:02 PM EDT for Boone County, Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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: Apr 19, 2011, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 12:45 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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
Apr 19, 12:13 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Crawfordsville, IN

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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

100 
WUUS53 KIND 191602
SVRIND
INC011-107-121-191645-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0057.110419T1602Z-110419T1645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1202 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT

* AT NOON 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 10
  MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKVILLE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW MARKET AROUND 1210 PM EDT...
  CRAWFORDSVILLE AND LADOGA AROUND 1215 PM EDT...
  NEW ROSS AND DARLINGTON AROUND 1225 PM EDT...
  ADVANCE AND THORNTOWN AROUND 1230 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND 53.

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 3996 8722 3996 8710 4001 8710 4019 8666
      4019 8663 3996 8649 3993 8661 3993 8671
      3991 8671 3988 8687 3988 8702 3984 8702
      3981 8718 3995 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 248DEG 52KT 3991 8709
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SMF

2 follow-up statements

385 
WWUS53 KIND 191620
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1220 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

INC121-191629-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110419T1645Z/
PARKE-
1220 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

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

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

LAT...LON 3996 8649 3993 8661 3993 8671 3991 8671
      3989 8687 3991 8694 3996 8699 3999 8698
      4005 8701 4019 8666 4019 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 248DEG 52KT 3999 8681

$$

INC011-107-191645-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110419T1645Z/
BOONE-MONTGOMERY-
1220 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BOONE
AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM EDT...

AT 1214 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 5 MILES
SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW ROSS AND DARLINGTON AROUND 1225 PM EDT...
  ADVANCE AND THORNTOWN AROUND 1230 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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3996 8649 3993 8661 3993 8671 3991 8671
      3989 8687 3991 8694 3996 8699 3999 8698
      4005 8701 4019 8666 4019 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 248DEG 52KT 3999 8681
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SMDF

277 
WWUS53 KIND 191622
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1222 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

INC011-107-191645-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110419T1645Z/
BOONE-MONTGOMERY-
1222 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BOONE
AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM EDT...

AT 1219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ADVANCE AND THORNTOWN AROUND 1230 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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4013 8659 3996 8649 3993 8661 3993 8671
      3991 8671 3989 8687 3991 8694 3996 8699
      3999 8698 4001 8699 4014 8664
TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 248DEG 52KT 4000 8675
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

SMF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 1:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	22 min
Apr 19, 3:35 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	25 min
Apr 19, 4:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	48 min
Apr 19, 5:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	4 hr
Apr 19, 6:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Jackson	4 hr
Apr 19, 6:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Jennings	3 hr
Apr 19, 8:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	51 min
Apr 19, 9:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	18 hr
Apr 19, 9:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Marion	52 min
Apr 19, 9:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Jennings	30 min
Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam, Vigo	45 min
Apr 19, 10:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Vigo	51 min
Apr 19, 11:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan	26 min
Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	47 min
Apr 19, 11:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Marion	4 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	34 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox	27 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	29 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	35 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	9 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	20 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike	23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	48 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	4 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	12 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	12 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	18 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	21 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	16 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	31 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	17 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	31 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	34 days
Apr 19, 11:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby	25 min
Apr 19, 11:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	49 min
Apr 19, 11:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone	44 min
Apr 19, 11:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery, Vermillion	43 min
Apr 19, 12:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 5 more	48 hr
Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	45 min
Apr 19, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison	10 min
Apr 19, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison, Randolph	21 min
Apr 19, 1:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Randolph, Rush	17 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.