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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2011Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2011, 9:03 AM EDT for Marion 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: Jun 10, 2011, 9:03 AM EDT (13:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2011, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Marion County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 10, 6:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
542 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

INZ021-028>031-035>049-052>057-061>065-068>072-111000-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-
SHELBY-RUSH-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
542 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE
FROM ABOUT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT 200 AM TONIGHT. THE
MAIN THREATS APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON.

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

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...AS
WELL AS MONDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT SOME STORMS ON SATURDAY MAY CONTAIN GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

.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)

INZ051-060-067-111000-
VIGO-SULLIVAN-KNOX-
542 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE
FROM ABOUT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL ABOUT 200 AM TONIGHT. THE
MAIN THREATS APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER.

HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON.

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

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...AS
WELL AS MONDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE STORMS
ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT SOME STORMS ON SATURDAY MAY CONTAIN GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

LOWLAND RIVER FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO END BY SUNDAY.

.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)

JAS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
633 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

INZ040-048-049-101115-
HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-
633 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK...HENRY AND
SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM EDT...

AT 632 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREENFIELD...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF
ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WILKINSON AROUND 650 AM EDT...
SHIRLEY AND MARKLEVILLE AROUND 655 AM EDT...
KENNARD AROUND 700 AM EDT...
CADIZ AND GREENSBORO AROUND 705 AM EDT...
SULPHUR SPRINGS AND MOUNT SUMMIT AROUND 715 AM EDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3979 8559 3978 8563 3977 8563 3972 8574
      3987 8588 4008 8554 4008 8548 3996 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 235DEG 23KT 3983 8573

JAS

Local storm report, Jun 10, 6:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
638 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 AM     HAIL             GREENFIELD              39.79N 85.77W
06/10/2011  E0.50 INCH       HANCOCK            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOSTLY PEA SIZE

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 9:03 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
903 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

INZ047-055-101330-
JOHNSON-MARION-
903 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN
MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 930 AM EDT...

AT 902 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SOUTHPORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HOMECROFT AND SOUTHPORT AROUND 910 AM EDT...
BEECH GROVE AROUND 915 AM EDT...
WARREN PARK AROUND 925 AM EDT...

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

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 3953 8621 3968 8628 3986 8596 3985 8595
      3961 8595
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 235DEG 24KT 3966 8617

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 8:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	38 min
Jun 9, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	29 min
Jun 9, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	40 min
Jun 10, 6:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock, Henry	42 min
Jun 10, 9:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock	35 min
Jun 10, 9:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	25 min
Jun 10, 10:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	26 hr
Jun 10, 10:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	48 hr
Jun 10, 10:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	61 hr
Jun 10, 10:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	4 days
Jun 10, 10:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	3 days
Jun 10, 11:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	18 min
Jun 10, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery	37 min
Jun 10, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison, Tipton	24 min
Jun 10, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	26 min
Jun 10, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson	37 min
Jun 10, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	33 min
Jun 10, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Johnson, Morgan	53 min
Jun 10, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	29 min
Jun 10, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	45 min
Jun 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph	48 min
Jun 10, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	46 min
Jun 10, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	53 min
Jun 10, 5:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew	50 min
Jun 10, 5:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jennings	45 min
Jun 10, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	47 min
Jun 10, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.