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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 2011Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2011, 8:57 PM EDT for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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 15, 2011, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 15, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
555 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

INZ067-068-152245-
DAVIESS-KNOX-
555 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DAVIESS AND CENTRAL KNOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BRUCEVILLE AROUND 615 PM EDT...
MONROE CITY AND BICKNELL AROUND 625 PM EDT...
WHEATLAND AROUND 630 PM EDT...
WASHINGTON AROUND 645 PM EDT...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3867 8759 3868 8754 3869 8753 3871 8753
      3874 8751 3877 8752 3878 8750 3881 8752
      3878 8703 3853 8708 3861 8763 3864 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 278DEG 22KT 3872 8755

KOCH

Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.