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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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.
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.
- 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
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 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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</html>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 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 77/TDUD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 7:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 26 min |
| Nov 13, 8:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam | 37 min |
| Nov 13, 8:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 23 min |
| Nov 13, 10:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan | 31 min |
| Nov 13, 11:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson | 28 min |
| Nov 13, 11:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush, Shelby | 43 min |
| Nov 14, 6:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Parke, Putnam | 45 min |
| Nov 14, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 34 min |
| Nov 14, 2:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll | 42 min |
| Nov 14, 2:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 39 min |
| Nov 14, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 30 min |
| Nov 14, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 46 min |
| Nov 14, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll | 43 min |
| Nov 14, 3:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll | 38 min |
| Nov 14, 4:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion | 44 min |
| Nov 14, 4:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Tippecanoe | 2 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 20 min |
| Nov 14, 4:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 31 min |
| Nov 14, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 28 min |
| Nov 14, 5:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 41 min |
| Nov 14, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam | 31 min |
| Nov 14, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin | 46 min |
| Nov 14, 6:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 5 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.