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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 19, 2011Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2011, 12:46 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 10 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2011, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 12:56 PM EDT
In force
10 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2011-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 491 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
491 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
609 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

558 
WUUS53 KIND 191646
SVRIND
INC057-095-191730-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0059.110419T1646Z-110419T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1246 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT

* AT 1242 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARMEL...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF
  INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAPEL AND INGALLS AROUND 100 PM EDT...
  EDGEWOOD...RIVER FOREST AND PENDLETON AROUND 105 PM EDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 23.

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 4014 8571 3995 8570 3993 8611 3994 8616
      4002 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 251DEG 50KT 3998 8606
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

KOCH
1 follow-up statement
614 
WWUS53 KIND 191656
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1256 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

INC057-095-191706-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110419T1730Z/
HAMILTON-MADISON-
1256 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4014 8571 3995 8570 3993 8611 3994 8616
      4002 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1656Z 251DEG 50KT 4002 8589

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 1:25 AM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin22 min
Apr 19, 3:35 AM EDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin25 min
Apr 19, 4:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe48 min
Apr 19, 5:24 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin4 hr
Apr 19, 6:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDJackson4 hr
Apr 19, 6:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDJennings3 hr
Apr 19, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke51 min
Apr 19, 9:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more18 hr
Apr 19, 9:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Marion52 min
Apr 19, 9:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDJennings30 min
Apr 19, 10:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam, Vigo45 min
Apr 19, 10:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVigo51 min
Apr 19, 11:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan26 min
Apr 19, 11:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke47 min
Apr 19, 11:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDMarion4 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan34 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox27 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey29 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White35 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson9 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington20 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison48 hr
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan3 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan4 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen12 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMorgan, Owen12 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Owen18 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox21 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike23 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren16 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren22 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo31 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo17 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo31 days
Apr 19, 11:27 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan34 days
Apr 19, 11:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby25 min
Apr 19, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Putnam49 min
Apr 19, 11:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone44 min
Apr 19, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery, Vermillion43 min
Apr 19, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Montgomery, Parke43 min
Apr 19, 12:17 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 5 more48 hr
Apr 19, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton45 min
Apr 19, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison, Randolph21 min
Apr 19, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph, Rush17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.