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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Apr 16, 2011, 12:05 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 40 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 16, 2011, 12:05 AM EDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1142 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Apr 15, 10:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 10:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 900 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 INZ043>045-051>055-060>064-072-161000- VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SULLIVAN- GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-JENNINGS- 900 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLOODING. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS ON MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>031-035>042-046>049-056-057-065-161000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-SHELBY-RUSH-DECATUR- 900 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS ON MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ067>071-161000- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 900 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES THE PRIMARY THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLOODING. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 600 PM AND MIDNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...WABASH...AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WHITE...EAST FORK OF THE WHITE...WABASH...AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) KOCH
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Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Knox, Sullivan, Vigo | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Vigo | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 10:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Owen, Putnam | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 47 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
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.