Alert archive / Indiana / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2011, 7:21 PM EDT for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 1, 2011, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:34 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Roachdale, IN | |
| Apr 1, 7:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 E Bainbridge, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
886 WWUS83 KIND 012321 SPSIND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 721 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 INZ036-044>046-020000- HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM- 721 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PUTNAM...WESTERN HENDRICKS...NORTHEASTERN PARKE AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... LADOGA AROUND 740 PM EDT... ROACHDALE AND CARPENTERSVILLE AROUND 745 PM EDT... BAINBRIDGE AROUND 750 PM EDT... GROVELAND AND NORTH SALEM AROUND 755 PM EDT... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3985 8655 3964 8673 3989 8716 4004 8703 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 300DEG 25KT 3991 8699 $$ 77/TDUD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Putnam | 33 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.