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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2011, 8:21 PM EDT for Boone County, Hendricks County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2011, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Lizton, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 6645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
597
WWUS83 KIND 140021
SPSIND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
821 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
INZ036-037-045-046-054-140100-
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-PUTNAM-
821 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR BOONE...HENDRICKS...EASTERN
MONTGOMERY...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM
EDT...
AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
THORNTOWN...BELLE UNION...NORTH SALEM...JAMESTOWN...COATESVILLE AND
ADVANCE AROUND 830 PM EDT...
LITTLE POINT...EMINENCE...ULEN...STILESVILLE...LIZTON...LEBANON AND
AMO AROUND 835 PM EDT...
PITTSBORO AROUND 840 PM EDT...
THESE STORMS 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.
WHEN THUNDER ROARS...GO INDOORS!
&&
LAT...LON 4016 8625 3949 8648 3947 8671 3948 8701
4014 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 267DEG 43KT 4005 8671 3954 8686
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 10:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Monroe | 44 min |
| Aug 13, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Owen | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 11:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 11:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jennings | 49 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.