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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 2, 20125 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 9:58 AM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 6 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: Mar 2, 2012, 9:58 AM EST (14:58 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2012, 10:45 AM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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
Mar 2, 10:07 AM EST	HAIL 1	Brazil, IN
Mar 2, 10:07 AM EST	HAIL 1.75	Brazil, IN
Mar 2, 10:07 AM EST	HAIL 1.75	Rockville, IN
Mar 2, 10:21 AM EST	HAIL 1	3 Se Greencastle, IN
Mar 2, 10:31 AM EST	HAIL 1.5	2 Sw Bainbridge, IN
Mar 2, 10:34 AM EST	HAIL 1.75	1 Nnw Bainbridge, 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
Mar 2, 6:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

988 
WUUS53 KIND 021458
SVRIND
INC021-045-107-121-133-021545-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0015.120302T1458Z-120302T1545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
958 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 955 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL 
SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 
MILES NORTH OF CLINTON TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BRAZIL...AND MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRAZIL...
  ROCKVILLE...
  GREENCASTLE...
  BRIDGETON...
  KNIGHTSVILLE...
  HARMONY...
  CARBON...
  BLOOMINGDALE...
  REELSVILLE...
  LENA...
  TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...
  MARSHALL...
  KINGMAN...
  JUDSON...
  CLOVERDALE...
  YEDDO...
  CECIL HARDEN LAKE...
  WALLACE...
  BELLE UNION...
  WAVELAND...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 48.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 28.

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 3994 8741 4022 8707 3955 8667 3947 8691
      3947 8694 3946 8694 3942 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 212DEG 32KT 3978 8737 3944 8715
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

HOMANN/SMF

3 follow-up statements

343 
WWUS53 KIND 021514
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1014 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC021-045-107-121-133-021545-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T1545Z/
CLAY-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-
1014 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...WESTERN MONTGOMERY...PARKE AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM EST...

AT 1007 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE 
HAIL IN BRAZIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM 6 MILES EAST OF NEWPORT TO BRAZIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENCASTLE...REELSVILLE...TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...LENA...
  MARSHALL...KINGMAN...JUDSON...CLOVERDALE...YEDDO...CECIL HARDEN
  LAKE...WALLACE...BELLE UNION...WAVELAND...SHADES STATE PARK...
  RUSSELLVILLE...FILLMORE...ALAMO...HILLSBORO...WAYNETOWN AND
  BAINBRIDGE.

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 4022 8707 3955 8667 3942 8706 3986 8736
      3990 8738
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 212DEG 32KT 3989 8728 3955 8706
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

HOMANN/SMF

555 
WWUS53 KIND 021521
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1021 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC021-045-021531-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T1545Z/
CLAY-FOUNTAIN-
1021 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3996 8716 3996 8709 4004 8709 4013 8702
      3955 8667 3947 8693 3947 8695 3956 8702
      3960 8701 3960 8705 3985 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 212DEG 32KT 3995 8723 3961 8701

$$

INC107-121-133-021545-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T1545Z/
MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-
1021 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY...EASTERN PARKE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM EST...

AT 1019 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF NEWPORT TO 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENCASTLE...CLOVERDALE...CECIL HARDEN LAKE...BELLE UNION...
  WAVELAND...SHADES STATE PARK...RUSSELLVILLE...FILLMORE...ALAMO...
  BAINBRIDGE AND NEW MARKET.

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 3996 8716 3996 8709 4004 8709 4013 8702
      3955 8667 3947 8693 3947 8695 3956 8702
      3960 8701 3960 8705 3985 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1521Z 212DEG 32KT 3995 8723 3961 8701
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN

$$

HOMANN/SMF

456 
WWUS53 KIND 021527
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1027 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC107-121-133-021545-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120302T1545Z/
MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-
1027 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY...EAST CENTRAL PARKE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM
EST...

AT 1021 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 3 
MILES SE OF GREENCASTLE. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF VEEDERSBURG TO 8 MILES WEST OF 
GREENCASTLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENCASTLE...BELLE UNION...WAVELAND...RUSSELLVILLE...FILLMORE...
  BAINBRIDGE AND NEW MARKET.

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 3959 8698 3985 8715 4004 8696 3955 8667
      3948 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 212DEG 32KT 4000 8719 3965 8697
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

HOMANN/SMF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 3:30 AM EST	Wind Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	22 hr
Mar 2, 5:58 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Monroe	47 min
Mar 2, 6:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson, Shelby	47 min
Mar 2, 7:04 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock	41 min
Mar 2, 7:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	45 min
Mar 2, 7:39 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware	51 min
Mar 2, 8:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	39 min
Mar 2, 8:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry, Randolph	58 min
Mar 2, 9:31 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	44 min
Mar 2, 10:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam	50 min
Mar 2, 10:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence	31 min
Mar 2, 10:46 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 3 more	44 min
Mar 2, 11:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 5 more	44 min
Mar 2, 1:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	29 min
Mar 2, 1:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	43 min
Mar 2, 1:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	41 min
Mar 2, 1:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	24 min
Mar 2, 2:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam	36 min
Mar 2, 2:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton	34 min
Mar 2, 2:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	23 min
Mar 2, 2:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 2 more	41 min
Mar 2, 2:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	34 min
Mar 2, 3:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby	33 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Jennings	21 min
Mar 2, 3:44 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Jennings	16 min
Mar 2, 3:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	13 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.