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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 2012Greene County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2012, 3:24 PM EDT for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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: Jul 8, 2012, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 588 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -359 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

201 
WUUS53 KIND 081924
SVRIND
INC055-119-082015-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0149.120708T1924Z-120708T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
324 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 321 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
  NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 21 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPENCER...
  FREEDOM...
  MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK...

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 3917 8724 3917 8706 3923 8705 3933 8669
      3912 8668 3904 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 255DEG 13KT 3917 8691
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

237 
WWUS53 KIND 081954
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
354 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

INC055-119-082015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-120708T2015Z/
GREENE-OWEN-
354 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
GREENE AND SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 349 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 6
MILES NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 23 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPENCER...FREEDOM AND MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK.

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 3917 8724 3917 8706 3923 8705 3933 8669
      3912 8668 3904 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 255DEG 13KT 3912 8693
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

NIELD

233 
WWUS53 KIND 082010
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
410 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

INC055-119-082020-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0149.000000T0000Z-120708T2015Z/
GREENE-OWEN-
410 PM EDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN
OWEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT/315 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

LAT...LON 3917 8724 3917 8706 3923 8705 3933 8669
      3912 8668 3904 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 255DEG 13KT 3912 8685

$$

NIELD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson	50 min
Jul 7, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	46 min
Jul 7, 10:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson	44 min
Jul 8, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Monroe	50 min
Jul 8, 1:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	32 min
Jul 8, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Lawrence	45 min
Jul 8, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	51 min
Jul 8, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	41 min
Jul 8, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	27 min
Jul 8, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	50 min
Jul 8, 3:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Lawrence, Martin	3 hr
Jul 8, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	46 min
Jul 8, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Monroe	40 min
Jul 8, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Greene	3 hr
Jul 8, 3:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Jackson	3 hr
Jul 8, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay	10 min
Jul 8, 4:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Knox	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.