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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 27, 20124 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 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 27, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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 27, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 863 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 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.

087 
WUUS53 KIND 271845
SVRIND
INC035-059-065-095-271915-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0165.120727T1845Z-120727T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 242 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
  ANDERSON...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
  ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANDERSON...
  NEW CASTLE...
  WILKINSON...
  MARKLEVILLE...
  SHIRLEY...
  KENNARD...
  MIDDLETOWN...
  CADIZ...
  SULPHUR SPRINGS...
  MOUNT SUMMIT...
  SPRINGPORT...
  SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 33.

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 3987 8585 4000 8587 4008 8586 4014 8532
      3990 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 263DEG 29KT 3997 8574
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$
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2 follow-up statements

417 
WWUS53 KIND 271859
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
259 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

INC035-059-065-095-271915-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-120727T1915Z/
DELAWARE-HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-
259 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
DELAWARE...NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK...NORTHERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 255 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 SOUTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING
WINDS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW CASTLE...KENNARD...MIDDLETOWN...CADIZ...SULPHUR SPRINGS...MOUNT
  SUMMIT...SPRINGPORT AND SUMMIT LAKE 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 3988 8566 4010 8570 4014 8532 3990 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 263DEG 29KT 3998 8559
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

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067 
WWUS53 KIND 271914
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
314 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

INC035-059-065-095-271924-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-120727T1915Z/
DELAWARE-HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON-
314 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...
NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK...NORTHERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON 
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 3988 8566 4010 8570 4014 8532 3990 8527
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 263DEG 29KT 3999 8543

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 1:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	30 min
Jul 27, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion	29 min
Jul 27, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Marion	23 min
Jul 27, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	26 min
Jul 27, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Morgan, Parke, Putnam	47 min
Jul 27, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan	50 min
Jul 27, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur	35 min
Jul 27, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	52 min
Jul 27, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	37 min
Jul 27, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	29 min
Jul 27, 4:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Monroe	47 min
Jul 27, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	24 min
Jul 27, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence	37 min
Jul 27, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson	39 min
Jul 27, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion	25 min
Jul 27, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion, Shelby	26 min
Jul 27, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	24 min
Jul 27, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	14 min
Jul 27, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	38 min
Jul 27, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence	29 min
Jul 27, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	45 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.