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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Feb 27, 2011, 10:14 PM EST for Fountain County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Feb 27, 2011, 10:14 PM EST (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2011, 10:45 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Feb 27, 8:01 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 8:01 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 27, 5:58 PM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 558 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 INZ064-070>072-272330- BARTHOLOMEW-JACKSON-JENNINGS-LAWRENCE- 558 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 AT 554 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSTOWN...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SEYMOUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CORTLAND AND SEYMOUR AROUND 605 PM EST... JONESVILLE AROUND 610 PM EST... AZALIA AND ELIZABETHTOWN AROUND 615 PM EST... SCIPIO AND COUNTRY SQUIRE LAKES AROUND 620 PM EST... PEA SIZED HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. MRD
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 6:29 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 629 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 INZ065-280000- DECATUR- 629 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 AT 626 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH OF NORTH VERNON...OR 13 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LETTS AROUND 635 PM EST... GREENSBURG AND MILLHOUSEN AROUND 640 PM EST... NEWPOINT AROUND 650 PM EST... LAKE SANTEE AROUND 655 PM EST... PEA SIZED HAIL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. MRD/JK
Special weather statement, Feb 27, 9:16 PM EST, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 916 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 INZ030-035>037-039-044>046-280245- BOONE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM- 916 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011 AT 912 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF NEWPORT TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WALLACE AND SHADES STATE PARK AROUND 920 PM EST... ADVANCE AROUND 925 PM EST... WHITESTOWN AND CRAWFORDSVILLE AROUND 930 PM EST... ULEN AND THORNTOWN AROUND 935 PM EST... MORSE RESERVOIR AND SHERIDAN AROUND 945 PM EST... SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS LINE OF STORMS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MRD/JK
Local storm report, Feb 27, 10:08 PM EST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1008 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0922 PM HAIL 1 N JAMESTOWN 39.94N 86.63W
02/27/2011 E0.25 INCH BOONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0940 PM HAIL 2 NW THORNTOWN 40.15N 86.64W
02/27/2011 E0.25 INCH BOONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEA SIZE HAIL ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN COLFAX AND THORNTOWN
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CPSpecial weather statement, Feb 27, 10:14 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 27, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery, Tipton | 43 min |
| Feb 27, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Owen and 1 more | 44 min |
| Feb 27, 11:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 40 min |
| Feb 27, 11:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 12:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Fountain, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery and 7 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry and 5 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 1:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 1:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 41 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 2:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 1 more | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 2:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 1 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 2:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 2:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 3:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 48 min |
| Feb 28, 4:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 56 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Feb 28, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 62 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 10 days |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 50 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 35 hr |
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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.