Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 9:26 PM EDT for Johnson County, Marion County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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
- Aug 8, 2012, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2012, 9:59 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 9:29 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Greenwood, IN | |
| Aug 8, 9:29 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Greenwood, IN | REPORTED VIA MEDIA FACEBOOK PAGE. |
| Aug 8, 9:33 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Greenwood, IN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT GREENWOOD MALL. REPORTED VIA MEDIA FACEBOOK PAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548 WUUS53 KIND 090126 SVRIND INC081-097-145-090215- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0202.120809T0126Z-120809T0215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 926 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 924 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 GREENWOOD...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOGGSTOWN... FAIRLAND... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 106. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 113. 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 3967 8575 3952 8576 3959 8615 3971 8612 TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 276DEG 14KT 3962 8608 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
678 WWUS53 KIND 090143 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 943 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 INC081-097-145-090215- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-120809T0215Z/ JOHNSON-MARION-SHELBY- 943 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT... AT 938 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF GREENWOOD...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHELBYVILLE...BOGGSTOWN AND FAIRLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3967 8575 3952 8576 3959 8615 3971 8612 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 276DEG 14KT 3961 8599 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KOCH
109 WWUS53 KIND 090159 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 959 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 INC081-097-145-090209- /O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-120809T0215Z/ JOHNSON-MARION-SHELBY- 959 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON... SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3967 8575 3952 8576 3959 8615 3971 8612 TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 276DEG 14KT 3960 8591 $$ NIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 9:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 2:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 2:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Vermillion | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 2:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 2:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 3:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Parke, Putnam | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 4:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Owen | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 4:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 7:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 32 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.