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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 29, 20124 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2012, 3:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 40 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, Hamilton County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 29, 3:38 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	Noblesville, IN
Jun 29, 3:41 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cicero, IN	2 SEPARATE TREES DOWN ON 2 SEPARATE
Jun 29, 3:44 PM EDT	HAIL 0.25	3 Se Sheridan, 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

841 
WUUS53 KIND 291905
SVRIND
INC011-023-057-159-291945-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0122.120629T1905Z-120629T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
305 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 303 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 12 MILES EAST OF FRANKFORT...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
  DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIPTON...
  NOBLESVILLE...
  KEMPTON...
  SHERIDAN...
  MORSE RESERVOIR...
  ATLANTA...
  ARCADIA...
  CICERO...

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 4038 8624 4031 8586 4030 8586
      3998 8596 4020 8644 4039 8629 4039 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 281DEG 18KT 4027 8627
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

KOCH

1 follow-up statement

612 
WWUS53 KIND 291921
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
321 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

INC011-023-057-159-291945-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-120629T1945Z/
BOONE-CLINTON-HAMILTON-TIPTON-
321 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
CLINTON...NORTHEASTERN BOONE...HAMILTON AND TIPTON COUNTIES UNTIL 345
PM EDT...

AT 317 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 8 MILES WEST OF TIPTON...OR 16 MILES
SOUTH OF KOKOMO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIPTON...NOBLESVILLE...MORSE RESERVOIR...ATLANTA...ARCADIA AND
  CICERO.

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 4038 8624 4031 8586 4030 8586
      3998 8596 4020 8644 4039 8629 4039 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 282DEG 18KT 4025 8617
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, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	43 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.