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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 10:25 AM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 4 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, 10:25 AM EST (15:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:15 AM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Mar 2, 10:44 AM EST | HAIL 1 | Plainfield, IN | |
| Mar 2, 10:51 AM EST | HAIL 1 | North Salem, 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
329 WUUS53 KIND 021525 SVRIND INC011-063-107-109-133-021615- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0016.120302T1525Z-120302T1615Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1025 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1115 AM EST * AT 1023 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCKVILLE TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CRAWFORDSVILLE... DANVILLE... MOORESVILLE... PLAINFIELD... BELLE UNION... NEW MARKET... EMINENCE... FILLMORE... BAINBRIDGE... LITTLE POINT... CARPENTERSVILLE... STILESVILLE... COATESVILLE... LADOGA... ROACHDALE... GROVELAND... DARLINGTON... AMO... NEW ROSS... MONROVIA... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 67. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 60. 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 8629 3947 8666 4000 8703 4020 8671 TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 270DEG 38KT 3985 8708 3949 8678 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ HOMANN/SMF
2 follow-up statements
840 WWUS53 KIND 021539 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1039 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 INC011-063-107-109-133-021615- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120302T1615Z/ BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-PUTNAM- 1039 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE...HENDRICKS...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM EST... AT 1034 AM EST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MILE NNW OF BAINBRIDGE. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARTINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DANVILLE...MOORESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...LITTLE POINT... CARPENTERSVILLE...STILESVILLE...ROACHDALE...LADOGA...COATESVILLE... GROVELAND...AMO...NEW ROSS...MONROVIA...LAKE HART...CLAYTON...NORTH SALEM...JAMESTOWN...ADVANCE AND LIZTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4015 8668 3959 8629 3952 8667 3988 8691 TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 270DEG 38KT 3985 8689 3949 8659 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ HOMANN/SMF
843 WWUS53 KIND 021554 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1054 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 INC107-133-021603- /O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120302T1615Z/ MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM- 1054 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3959 8629 3957 8639 3990 8669 4002 8659 TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 270DEG 38KT 3985 8670 3949 8640 $$ INC011-063-109-021615- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120302T1615Z/ BOONE-HENDRICKS-MORGAN- 1054 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE...HENDRICKS AND NORTH CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM EST... AT 1051 AM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN NORTH SALEM. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE TO MARTINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DANVILLE...MOORESVILLE...PLAINFIELD...NORTH SALEM...JAMESTOWN AND LIZTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3959 8629 3957 8639 3990 8669 4002 8659 TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 270DEG 38KT 3985 8670 3949 8640 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ 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, 9:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 47 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 |
Nearby
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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.