Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2011, 9:21 PM EDT for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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 26, 2011, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
483
WUUS53 KIND 270121
SVRIND
INC045-107-121-270200-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0086.110427T0121Z-110427T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
921 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKVILLE...OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WAVELAND AND WALLACE AROUND 940 PM EDT...
SHADES STATE PARK AROUND 945 PM EDT...
ALAMO AROUND 950 PM EDT...
NEW MARKET AROUND 955 PM EDT...
CRAWFORDSVILLE AROUND 1000 PM EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 33.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH 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 4014 8699 3996 8678 3987 8692 3988 8702
3982 8702 3971 8722 3984 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 229DEG 24KT 3984 8720
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
77/TDUD2 follow-up statements
401
WWUS53 KIND 270144
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
944 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
INC045-270154-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110427T0200Z/
FOUNTAIN-
944 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3996 8714 3996 8710 3999 8710 4011 8696
3996 8678 3988 8691 3988 8702 3982 8702
3982 8712 3990 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 229DEG 24KT 3994 8705
$$
INC107-121-270200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110427T0200Z/
MONTGOMERY-PARKE-
944 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
PARKE AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
AT 941 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW MARKET AROUND 955 PM EDT...
CRAWFORDSVILLE AROUND 1000 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3996 8714 3996 8710 3999 8710 4011 8696
3996 8678 3988 8691 3988 8702 3982 8702
3982 8712 3990 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 229DEG 24KT 3994 8705
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
45/SMF428
WWUS53 KIND 270158
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
958 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
INC107-121-270205-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-110427T0200Z/
MONTGOMERY-PARKE-
958 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PARKE AND
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM EDT/900 PM
CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3996 8714 3996 8710 3999 8710 4011 8696
3996 8678 3988 8691 3988 8702 3982 8702
3982 8712 3990 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 229DEG 24KT 3999 8698
$$
77/TDUDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 11:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 12:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 2:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clinton, Howard, Tipton | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 5:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings | 30 hr |
| Apr 27, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.