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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 14, 2011Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Nov 14, 2011, 9:06 AM EST for Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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 14, 2011, 9:06 AM EST (14:06 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2011, 9:45 AM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Clinton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 12:00Z 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 12:00Z on 2011-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1725 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 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 14, 5:50 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 5:50 AM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 3:56 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
356 AM EST MON NOV 14 2011

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067-068-150900-
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-
356 AM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...WITH SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

TIMING: SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY BETWEEN NOON AND 700 PM.

DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: A SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND BRINGING
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

INZ069>072-150900-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
356 AM EST MON NOV 14 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FAR SOUTHERN CENTRAL
INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK:THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH
SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

TIMING: SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY BETWEEN 300 PM AND 700
PM.

DISCUSSION:THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: A SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS WEEKEND BRINGING
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 14, 6:15 AM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 14, 9:06 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
906 AM EST MON NOV 14 2011

INZ021-029-030-141445-
CARROLL-CLINTON-TIPPECANOE-
906 AM EST MON NOV 14 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CLINTON...SOUTHERN
CARROLL AND EASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM EST...

AT 905 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ROSSVILLE...
  FLORA...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4056 8651 4038 8637 4029 8671 4044 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1406Z 243DEG 44KT 4040 8666

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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, 10:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan31 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, 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.