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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2011, 10:44 PM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 23, 2011, 10:44 PM EDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2011, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 2467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 23, 9:50 PM EDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 9:50 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 854 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011 INZ021-029-031-250100- CARROLL-TIPPECANOE-HOWARD- 854 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. KILLER LIGHTNING CAN HAPPEN WITH ANY STORM. EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE. LOWEST HEAT INDICES OVERNIGHT WILL BE NEAR 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...WITH LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ028-030-035>049-056-057-065-250100- WARREN-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-SHELBY-RUSH-DECATUR- 854 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE. LOWEST HEAT INDICES OVERNIGHT WILL BE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. ANY STORM CAN KILL YOU WITH LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...WITH LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ051>055-060>064-067>072-250100- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 854 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL CONTINUE. MINIMUM HEAT INDICES OVERNIGHT WILL BE NEAR 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...WITH LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) JK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 10:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1044 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011
INZ028-240330-
WARREN-
1044 PM EDT SAT JUL 23 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM
EDT...
AT 1040 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOSWELL...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FOWLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TAB AROUND 1105 PM EDT...
PINE VILLAGE AROUND 1110 PM EDT...
RAINSVILLE AROUND 1115 PM EDT...
WILLIAMSPORT AROUND 1130 PM EDT...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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.
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LAT...LON 4048 8752 4048 8723 4033 8719 4031 8725
4028 8728 4025 8730 4018 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 337DEG 14KT 4052 8741
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 1:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 93 min |
| Jul 24, 2:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.