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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 6:38 PM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 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
- May 6, 2012, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2922 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
136
WUUS53 KIND 062238
SVRIND
INC171-062300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0111.120506T2238Z-120506T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
638 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HOOPESTON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENCE...
TAB...
RAINSVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 8753 4048 8753 4048 8752 4048 8726
4038 8731 4035 8753 4045 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 273DEG 18KT 4044 8757
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
RYAN1 follow-up statement
802
WWUS53 KIND 062247
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
647 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
INC171-062300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0111.000000T0000Z-120506T2300Z/
WARREN-
647 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WARREN COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM EDT...
AT 646 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
EAST OF HOOPESTON...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAB AND RAINSVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4045 8753 4048 8753 4048 8752 4048 8726
4038 8731 4035 8753 4045 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 273DEG 18KT 4044 8751
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
HOMANN/RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 6 days |
| May 6, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 49 min |
| May 6, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 50 min |
| May 6, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Warren | 3 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.