Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 1:05 PM EDT 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 1:05 PM EDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Williams, 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
854 WUUS53 KIND 231705 SVRIND INC027-055-083-093-101-231745- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0008.110323T1705Z-110323T1745Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 105 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 100 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 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...OR 15 MILES EAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PLAINVILLE AROUND 110 PM EDT... ODON AND WEST BOGGS LAKE AROUND 120 PM EDT... BURNS CITY AND CRANE AROUND 125 PM EDT... INDIAN SPRINGS AROUND 135 PM EDT... SILVERVILLE...HURON AND OWENSBURG AROUND 140 PM EDT... WILLIAMS AROUND 145 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. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3898 8660 3873 8652 3869 8729 3880 8731 TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 262DEG 40KT 3876 8718 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MRD/JK
2 follow-up statements
977 WWUS53 KIND 231715 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 115 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 INC083-231725- /O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110323T1745Z/ KNOX- 115 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3873 8709 3882 8713 3898 8660 3873 8652 TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 261DEG 41KT 3879 8702 $$ INC027-055-093-101-231745- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110323T1745Z/ DAVIESS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MARTIN- 115 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...NORTHERN MARTIN...WESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT... AT 114 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 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF PETERSBURG... MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ODON AROUND 120 PM EDT... BURNS CITY AROUND 125 PM EDT... INDIAN SPRINGS AROUND 130 PM EDT... OWENSBURG AROUND 135 PM EDT... WILLIAMS AND SILVERVILLE AROUND 140 PM EDT... SPRINGVILLE AROUND 145 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. THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3873 8709 3882 8713 3898 8660 3873 8652 TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 261DEG 41KT 3879 8702 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ MRD/JK
620
WWUS53 KIND 231731
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
131 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
INC027-231741-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110323T1745Z/
DAVIESS-
131 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3873 8693 3881 8693 3881 8691 3884 8692
3888 8692 3898 8660 3873 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 261DEG 41KT 3884 8678
$$
INC055-093-101-231745-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110323T1745Z/
GREENE-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-
131 PM EDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
MARTIN...WESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 145
PM EDT...
AT 127 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 11 MILES
NORTH OF SHOALS...OR 19 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SILVERVILLE...WILLIAMS AND SPRINGVILLE AROUND 140 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.
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3873 8693 3881 8693 3881 8691 3884 8692
3888 8692 3898 8660 3873 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 261DEG 41KT 3884 8678
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRD/JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 1:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 22 min |
| Mar 23, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 11 min |
| Mar 23, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tipton | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain | 48 min |
| Mar 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Vermillion | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 39 min |
| Mar 23, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 21 min |
| Mar 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 49 min |
| Mar 23, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.