Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2011, 6:19 PM EDT for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- May 7, 2011, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
666
WUUS53 KIND 072219
SVRIND
INC045-165-171-072300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0093.110507T2219Z-110507T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
619 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 617 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
STATE LINE CITY AROUND 630 PM EDT...
FOSTER AROUND 640 PM EDT...
GESSIE AROUND 645 PM EDT...
COVINGTON AROUND 650 PM EDT...
PERRYSVILLE AROUND 655 PM EDT...
CAYUGA AROUND 700 PM EDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 11.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4023 8754 4006 8720 3996 8734 3996 8742
3994 8743 3991 8741 3983 8752 3985 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 312DEG 22KT 4017 8770
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
CP1 follow-up statement
947
WWUS53 KIND 072245
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
645 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
INC045-165-171-072300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-110507T2300Z/
FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-WARREN-
645 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
VERMILLION...SOUTHWESTERN FOUNTAIN AND SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 640 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TILTON...OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COVINGTON...GESSIE...PERRYSVILLE AND CAYUGA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP
QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4023 8754 4006 8720 3996 8734 3996 8742
3994 8743 3991 8741 3983 8752 3985 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 312DEG 22KT 4006 8755
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 43 min |
| May 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 47 min |
| May 7, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Vermillion, Vigo | 52 min |
| May 7, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 30 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.