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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 22, 2011Brown County, Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2011, 11:33 PM EDT for Brown County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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 22, 2011, 11:33 PM EDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

Counties Brown County, IN, Monroe County, IN

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 22, 8:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 8:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 11:26 AM EDT, 12 hours 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1126 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2011

INZ021-028>031-035>038-043-044-231000-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-PARKE-
1126 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH 6 PM EDT SATURDAY.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE
MAIN THREATS. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DEADLY CLOUD-
TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY.
REPEATED CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST THROUGH THURSDAY
WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY EXACERBATE
FLOODING. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE
SEVERE. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ039>042-045>049-051>057-231000-
HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-
HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-
1126 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH 6 PM EDT SATURDAY.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE
MAIN THREATS. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DEADLY CLOUD-
TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH DAYBREAK
SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY.
REPEATED CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST THROUGH THURSDAY
WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY EXACERBATE
FLOODING. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS WILL BE
SEVERE. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ060>065-067>072-231000-
SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
1126 AM EDT FRI APR 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH 6 PM EDT SATURDAY.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND MAY RESULT IN FLOODING. ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPAND INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THE
MAIN THREATS. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DEADLY CLOUD-
TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH DAYBREAK
SATURDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MORE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS ACROSS THE OHIO
VALLEY. REPEATED CHANCES FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST THROUGH
THURSDAY WITH THE SATURATED GROUND...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY
EXACERBATE FLOODING. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE IF THESE STORMS
WILL BE SEVERE. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

RYAN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1100 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011

INZ061-067>069-230330-
DAVIESS-GREENE-KNOX-MARTIN-
1100 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN DAVIESS...NORTHERN
MARTIN...NORTHEASTERN KNOX AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL
1130 PM EDT...

AT 1058 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON...OR 19 MILES EAST
OF VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ELNORA AROUND 1110 PM EDT...
ODON AND NEWBERRY AROUND 1115 PM EDT...
CRANE AND BURNS CITY AROUND 1120 PM EDT...
OWENSBURG AROUND 1130 PM EDT...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
MUCH OF THIS AREA. 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.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 8729 3900 8694 3895 8671 3887 8670
      3883 8670 3866 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 247DEG 40KT 3879 8716

50

Special weather statement, Apr 22, 11:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1133 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011

INZ054-055-062>064-230400-
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-JOHNSON-MONROE-MORGAN-
1133 PM EDT FRI APR 22 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MONROE...NORTHERN
BROWN...NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE LEMON AND YELLOWWOOD LAKE AROUND 1140 PM EDT...
HELMSBURG...MAHALASVILLE AND NASHVILLE AROUND 1145 PM EDT...
SPEARSVILLE...BEANBLOSSOM AND MORGANTOWN AROUND 1150 PM EDT...
PRINCES LAKES...PEOGA AND TRAFALGAR AROUND 1155 PM EDT...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3946 8608 3925 8598 3909 8656 3926 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 246DEG 51KT 3922 8649

JH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 8:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	7 days
Apr 22, 8:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	8 days
Apr 22, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	30 min
Apr 22, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe	23 min
Apr 23, 12:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	29 min
Apr 23, 12:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan	6 hr
Apr 23, 12:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	23 min
Apr 23, 12:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	27 min
Apr 23, 12:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	23 min
Apr 23, 1:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	31 min
Apr 23, 1:33 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	42 min
Apr 23, 1:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	28 min
Apr 23, 6:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	6 hr
Apr 23, 11:25 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	6 hr
Apr 23, 12:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Lawrence, Martin	6 hr
Apr 23, 1:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings	6 hr
Apr 23, 1:27 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	5 days

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.