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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 3:02 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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, 3:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 7 Ene Attica, IN | ESTIMATED 50 MPH WIND GUSTS. |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
060 WUUS53 KIND 291902 SVRIND INC011-023-045-107-157-291945- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0121.120629T1902Z-120629T1945Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 302 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 258 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF WILLIAMSPORT... OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE... WEST LAFAYETTE... SHADELAND... PURDUE UNIVERSITY... NEW RICHMOND... LINDEN... DAYTON... CLARKS HILL... DARLINGTON... COLFAX... THORNTOWN... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 171. 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 4021 8643 4005 8657 4023 8729 4047 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 1902Z 288DEG 51KT 4030 8703 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
704 WWUS53 KIND 291912 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 INC011-023-045-107-157-291945- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-120629T1945Z/ BOONE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-TIPPECANOE- 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN BOONE...NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 308 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE...LINDEN...DAYTON...CLARKS HILL...DARLINGTON...COLFAX AND THORNTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4021 8643 4005 8657 4023 8729 4047 8693 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 288DEG 51KT 4031 8694 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$ HOMANN/KOCH
010 WWUS53 KIND 291924 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 324 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 INC011-023-045-107-157-291945- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-120629T1945Z/ BOONE-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-TIPPECANOE- 324 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON...NORTHWESTERN BOONE...NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE... MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE...PURDUE UNIVERSITY...NEW RICHMOND...LINDEN...DAYTON... CLARKS HILL...DARLINGTON...COLFAX AND THORNTOWN. 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 4047 8693 4021 8643 4005 8657 4022 8723 TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 288DEG 51KT 4027 8700 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN $$ HOMANN/KOCH
The 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, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 46 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.