Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 2:50 PM EDT for Carroll County, Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2012, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:06 PM EDT | HAIL 0.7 | 3 W Rossville, IN | |
| Jun 29, 3:27 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | Frankfort, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 4040 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1426 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
499 WUUS53 KIND 291850 SVRIND INC015-023-157-291930- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0119.120629T1850Z-120629T1930Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 250 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA... CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... EAST CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 249 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 8 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRANKFORT... MULBERRY... ROSSVILLE... MICHIGANTOWN... 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. && LAT...LON 4038 8628 4020 8644 4041 8681 4053 8670 TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 291DEG 22KT 4040 8671 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
039 WWUS53 KIND 291903 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 303 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 INC015-023-157-291930- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-120629T1930Z/ CARROLL-CLINTON-TIPPECANOE- 303 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON... SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL AND EAST CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT... AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FRANKFORT AND MICHIGANTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4038 8628 4020 8644 4041 8681 4053 8670 TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 291DEG 22KT 4040 8661 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ HOMANN/KOCH
183
WWUS53 KIND 291916
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
316 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
INC157-291926-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-120629T1930Z/
TIPPECANOE-
316 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4038 8628 4037 8629 4020 8644 4034 8668
4048 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 291DEG 22KT 4037 8651
$$
INC015-023-291930-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0119.000000T0000Z-120629T1930Z/
CARROLL-CLINTON-
316 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLINTON AND
SOUTH CENTRAL CARROLL COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 312 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTH OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKFORT AND MICHIGANTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4038 8628 4037 8629 4020 8644 4034 8668
4048 8658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 291DEG 22KT 4037 8651
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
HOMANN/KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:19 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Henry and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Tipton | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush and 1 more | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 49 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.