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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 22, 2011Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2011, 9:52 AM EDT for Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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: May 22, 2011, 9:52 AM EDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2011, 10:30 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Sullivan 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 May 22, 6:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:09 AM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 8:45 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
845 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-231000-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
845 AM EDT SUN MAY 22 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
THAT SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORM
THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THE MOST
LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. LIGHTNING IS A RISK FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. WHEN
THUNDER ROARS...GET INDOORS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ON MONDAY ACROSS ALL
OF CENTRAL INDIANA...ON TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ON
WEDNESDAY...SEVERE STORMS ACROSS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST PARTS
OF CENTRAL INDIANA. ONCE AGAIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST
LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT
FROM THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS A RISK FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY. IT IS TOO
EARLY TO TELL IF THERE IS A SEVERE POTENTIAL BEYOND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS ON
MONDAY.

&&

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

KOCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 6:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 9:15 AM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 9:52 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 9:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	45 min
May 22, 9:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	30 min
May 22, 11:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Owen	45 min
May 22, 11:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Owen	49 min
May 22, 11:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	37 min
May 22, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke, Putnam, Vigo	49 min
May 22, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks	41 min
May 22, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby	39 min
May 22, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	67 min
May 22, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Rush, Shelby	27 min
May 22, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan	39 min
May 22, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	49 min
May 22, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush, Shelby	44 min
May 22, 4:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	10 min
May 22, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	24 min
May 22, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion	48 min
May 22, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	25 min
May 22, 7:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.