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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 13, 2011Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Nov 13, 2011, 10:29 PM EST for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 13, 2011, 10:29 PM EST (03:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2011, 11:00 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
401 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 Nov 13, 10:19 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 10:19 PM EST, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 13, 10:29 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 13, 7:05 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
705 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2011

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-140400-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
705 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2011

...GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE WITHIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING...

AN AREA OF SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM LAFAYETTE SOUTHWEST TO NEAR
CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS AT 7 PM...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND
EAST INTO CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 40
TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM
THESE SHOWERS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY ALSO DEVELOP.
THE GREATEST COVERAGE TO SHOWERS WILL REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 70 FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING.

RYAN
Special weather statement, Nov 13, 7:49 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
749 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2011

INZ043-044-140115-
PARKE-VERMILLION-
749 PM EST SUN NOV 13 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PARKE AND SOUTHERN
VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EST...

AT 745 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF CLINTON...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PARIS...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ROCKVILLE...
  MECCA...
  BLOOMINGDALE...
  MARSHALL...
  JUDSON...

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 3990 8709 3972 8708 3967 8747 3983 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 258DEG 42KT 3975 8735

RYAN
Special weather statement, Nov 13, 8:08 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, Nov 13, 8:16 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 13, 8:52 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 13, 10:29 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 7:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke26 min
Nov 13, 8:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam37 min
Nov 13, 8:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone23 min
Nov 13, 11:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDJohnson28 min
Nov 13, 11:32 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush, Shelby43 min
Nov 14, 6:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Parke, Putnam45 min
Nov 14, 9:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton39 min
Nov 14, 2:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarren34 min
Nov 14, 2:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll42 min
Nov 14, 2:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDWarren39 min
Nov 14, 3:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe30 min
Nov 14, 3:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren46 min
Nov 14, 3:32 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll43 min
Nov 14, 3:52 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll38 min
Nov 14, 4:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion44 min
Nov 14, 4:17 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDTippecanoe2 hr
Nov 14, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton20 min
Nov 14, 4:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton31 min
Nov 14, 5:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo28 min
Nov 14, 5:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan41 min
Nov 14, 5:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam31 min
Nov 14, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin46 min
Nov 14, 6:17 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hamilton5 hr

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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.