Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 6:56 PM EDT for Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fountain County, IN, Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
242
WUUS53 KIND 062256
SVRIND
INC045-171-062345-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0112.120506T2256Z-120506T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
656 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF ROSSVILLE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
FOWLER...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PENCE...
TAB...
RAINSVILLE...
PINE VILLAGE...
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 4048 8753 4048 8752 4048 8709 4037 8709
4037 8710 4027 8709 4032 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 282DEG 12KT 4042 8751
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
HOMAN/RYAN2 follow-up statements
167
WWUS53 KIND 062313
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
713 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
INC045-171-062345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-120506T2345Z/
FOUNTAIN-WARREN-
713 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOSWELL...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOWLER...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAINSVILLE AND PINE VILLAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4048 8753 4048 8752 4048 8709 4037 8709
4037 8710 4027 8709 4032 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 283DEG 18KT 4040 8743
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
HOMANN/RYAN200
WWUS53 KIND 062329
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
INC045-171-062345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-120506T2345Z/
FOUNTAIN-WARREN-
729 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
FOUNTAIN AND NORTHERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...
AT 725 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
SOUTH OF BOSWELL...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAINSVILLE AND PINE VILLAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4048 8747 4048 8709 4037 8709 4037 8710
4027 8709 4027 8710 4032 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 272DEG 18KT 4040 8737
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, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 22 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.