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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 27, 20125 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2012, 3:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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: Jul 27, 2012, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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
Jul 27, 3:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Wnw Greencastle, IN	SEVERAL TREES DOWNED IN MADISON TOWNSHIP.

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
Jul 27, 2:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

361 
WUUS53 KIND 271913
SVRIND
INC021-063-109-121-133-272000-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0167.120727T1913Z-120727T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 309 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 NEAR GREENCASTLE...OR 27 MILES
  SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENCASTLE...
  DANVILLE...
  BAINBRIDGE...
  CARPENTERSVILLE...
  FILLMORE...
  BELLE UNION...
  GROVELAND...
  COATESVILLE...
  LITTLE POINT...
  STILESVILLE...
  AMO...
  CLAYTON...
  MONROVIA...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 63.

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 3958 8706 3973 8711 3988 8652 3961 8639
      3958 8644 3957 8652 3955 8665 3948 8703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 258DEG 23KT 3966 8690
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

50

3 follow-up statements

720 
WWUS53 KIND 271928
SVSIND

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

INC021-121-271938-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120727T2000Z/
CLAY-PARKE-
328 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

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

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3974 8701 3988 8652 3961 8639 3958 8644
      3949 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 258DEG 23KT 3968 8675

$$

INC063-109-133-272000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120727T2000Z/
HENDRICKS-MORGAN-PUTNAM-
328 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
HENDRICKS...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...

AT 323 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 NEAR GREENCASTLE...OR 26 MILES SOUTH
OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DANVILLE...BELLE UNION...GROVELAND...COATESVILLE...LITTLE POINT...
  STILESVILLE...AMO...CLAYTON AND MONROVIA.

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 3974 8701 3988 8652 3961 8639 3958 8644
      3949 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 258DEG 23KT 3968 8675
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

HOMANN/50

259 
WWUS53 KIND 271936
SVSIND

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

INC063-109-133-272000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120727T2000Z/
HENDRICKS-MORGAN-PUTNAM-
336 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
HENDRICKS...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM
EDT...

AT 332 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 NEAR
DANVILLE...OR 21 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL HENDRICKS COUNTY.

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 3974 8701 3988 8652 3961 8639 3958 8644
      3949 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 259DEG 33KT 3971 8648
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

HOMANN/50

925 
WWUS53 KIND 271944
SVSIND

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

INC063-109-133-272000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0167.000000T0000Z-120727T2000Z/
HENDRICKS-MORGAN-PUTNAM-
344 PM EDT FRI JUL 27 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
HENDRICKS...NORTHWESTERN MORGAN AND CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 400
PM EDT...

AT 342 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 NEAR
PLAINFIELD...OR 17 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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 3951 8688 3977 8689 3988 8652 3961 8639
      3958 8644
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 259DEG 33KT 3971 8642
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

HOMANN/50

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, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison	30 min
Jul 27, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.