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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

January 17, 20127 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2012, 6:13 AM EST for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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
Jan 17, 2012, 6:13 AM EST (11:13 UTC)
Expired
Jan 17, 2012, 7:15 AM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 17, 6:16 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG10 W Bloomington, INTREE OR TREE LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN ON SHERFIELD ROAD. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
Jan 17, 6:35 AM ESTTSTM WND DMGBloomington, INTHREE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG STATE ROUTE 45...TWO AT RUSSEL ROAD...THE OTHER WAS FURTHER OUT OF TOWN TO THE SOUTHWEST BUT AT THE SECOND INTERESECTION OF SR 45 AND RUSSEL. TWO OF THE THREE TREES LOOKED HEALTHY. BOTH INSTANCES OF TREES DOWN AT SR45 AND RUSS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2012-01-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2012-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 431 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
500 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.

915 
WUUS53 KIND 171113
SVRIND
INC005-013-055-093-105-119-153-171215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0002.120117T1113Z-120117T1215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
613 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 715 AM EST

* AT 612 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF SPENCER TO 8
  MILES SOUTH OF LINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLOOMINGTON...
  BLOOMFIELD...
  NASHVILLE...
  NEWBERRY...
  ELLETTSVILLE...
  SOLSBERRY...
  WHITEHALL...
  INDIANA UNIVERSITY...
  LAKE LEMON...
  UNIONVILLE...
  OWENSBURG...
  BEANBLOSSOM...
  HELMSBURG...
  SMITHVILLE...
  SPEARSVILLE...
  WOODVILLE HILLS...
  YELLOWWOOD LAKE...
  HARRODSBURG...
  SPRINGVILLE...
  PEOGA...

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.

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3934 8675 3934 8592 3905 8625 3905 8632
      3899 8632 3889 8642 3891 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 1113Z 270DEG 44KT 3930 8663 3894 8709
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SMF
3 follow-up statements
257 
WWUS53 KIND 171142 RRA
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
642 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC119-153-171152-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1215Z/
OWEN-SULLIVAN-
642 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OWEN AND
SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3934 8626 3934 8592 3905 8625 3905 8632
      3899 8632 3889 8642 3891 8724 3895 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 264DEG 53KT 3926 8623 3893 8672

$$

INC005-013-055-093-105-171215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1215Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MONROE-
642 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN...
NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHERN GREENE...NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE
AND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM EST...

AT 640 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NASHVILLE TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BLOOMFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NASHVILLE...SMITHVILLE...YELLOWWOOD LAKE...WOODVILLE HILLS...
  SPEARSVILLE...HARRODSBURG...SPRINGVILLE...FAIRFAX STATE RECREATION
  AREA...AVOCA...GNAW BONE...CHARLES DEAM WILDERNESS...
  BARTLETTSVILLE...ELKINSVILLE AND STORY.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3934 8626 3934 8592 3905 8625 3905 8632
      3899 8632 3889 8642 3891 8724 3895 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 264DEG 53KT 3926 8623 3893 8672
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SMF
699 
WWUS53 KIND 171153
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
653 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC005-013-055-093-105-171215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1215Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MONROE-
653 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BROWN...
NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHERN GREENE...NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE
AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL 715 AM EST...

AT 649 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE TO
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELKINSVILLE AND STORY.

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.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3908 8691 3915 8647 3934 8592 3905 8625
      3905 8632 3899 8632 3889 8642 3891 8724
      3895 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1153Z 264DEG 53KT 3927 8602 3894 8651
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

SMF
055 
WWUS53 KIND 171212
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
712 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

INC005-013-055-093-105-171223-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T1215Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MONROE-
712 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BROWN...NORTHWESTERN
BARTHOLOMEW...SOUTHERN GREENE...NORTHWESTERN LAWRENCE AND SOUTHERN
MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 AM EST/615 AM CST/...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3908 8691 3915 8647 3934 8592 3905 8625
      3905 8632 3899 8632 3889 8642 3891 8724
      3895 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1213Z 264DEG 53KT 3916 8586 3894 8632

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 3:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll, Tippecanoe52 min
Jan 17, 4:41 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward34 min
Jan 17, 5:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene, Owen, Sullivan65 min
Jan 17, 6:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan35 min
Jan 17, 6:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion25 min
Jan 17, 6:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Madison31 min
Jan 17, 6:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan68 min
Jan 17, 7:06 AM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox24 min
Jan 17, 7:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings42 min
Jan 17, 7:21 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDecatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 6 more3 hr
Jan 17, 7:23 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 5 more4 hr
Jan 17, 7:27 AM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin48 min
Jan 17, 8:11 AM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson, Lawrence49 min
Jan 17, 8:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings21 min
Jan 17, 8:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox48 min
Jan 17, 9:00 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDJennings30 min
Jan 17, 9:11 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin34 min
Jan 17, 9:24 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence36 min
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington4 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo51 hr
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo19 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan23 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan23 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey21 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox14 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox4 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike16 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike19 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox20 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren16 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren16 days
Jan 17, 10:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo18 days
Jan 17, 12:25 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 7 more6 hr
Jan 17, 6:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Rush and 1 more4 hr

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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.