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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2011, 6:58 PM EDT for Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
- May 7, 2011, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:18 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Cayuga, IN | AT FALCON MART NEAR HIGHWAYS 234 AND 63. |
| May 7, 7:44 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 1 E Montezuma, IN | ALSO REPORTED ROTATING WALL CLOUD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
199 WUUS53 KIND 072258 SVRIND INC045-121-165-072345- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0094.110507T2258Z-110507T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 658 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... NORTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF WESTVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEWPORT... CAYUGA... LODI... KINGMAN... MONTEZUMA... TURKEY RUN STATE PARK... BLOOMINGDALE... MECCA... MARSHALL... 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 3989 8713 3969 8737 3988 8753 4012 8754 TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 320DEG 21KT 4000 8750 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ CP
1 follow-up statement
723 WWUS53 KIND 072322 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 722 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011 INC045-121-165-072345- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110507T2345Z/ FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION- 722 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PARKE...NORTHERN VERMILLION AND SOUTHWESTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 718 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT CAYUGA. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEWPORT...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MONTEZUMA...TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...BLOOMINGDALE...MARSHALL AND MECCA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3989 8713 3969 8737 3988 8753 4005 8748 TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 320DEG 21KT 3989 8738 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ CP
The 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, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 41 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 |
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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.