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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 9, 2012Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 2:59 AM EDT for Fountain County, Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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: Aug 9, 2012, 2:59 AM EDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2012, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 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.

543 
WUUS53 KIND 090659
SVRIND
INC045-121-165-090745-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0203.120809T0659Z-120809T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
259 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT

* AT 257 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM NEWPORT TO CLINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWPORT...
  ROCKVILLE...
  LODI...
  MONTEZUMA...
  MECCA...
  ROSEDALE...
  KINGMAN...
  BLOOMINGDALE...
  BRIDGETON...
  TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...
  MARSHALL...
  JUDSON...
  WALLACE...
  CECIL HARDEN LAKE...

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 3996 8753 4003 8709 3987 8709 3987 8705
      3964 8701 3962 8701 3960 8738 3961 8738
      3961 8753 3966 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0659Z 257DEG 24KT 3988 8744 3963 8740
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

448 
WWUS53 KIND 090717
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
317 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INC045-121-165-090745-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0203.000000T0000Z-120809T0745Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
317 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
FOUNTAIN...PARKE AND VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EDT...

AT 315 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 6 MILES EAST OF NEWPORT TO 8 MILES EAST OF CLINTON...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROCKVILLE...KINGMAN...BLOOMINGDALE...TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...
  BRIDGETON...MARSHALL...JUDSON...WALLACE AND CECIL HARDEN LAKE.

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 3996 8753 4003 8709 3987 8709 3987 8705
      3964 8701 3962 8701 3960 8738 3961 8738
      3961 8753 3966 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 257DEG 24KT 3990 8728 3965 8725
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

50

653 
WWUS53 KIND 090744
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
344 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INC045-121-165-090754-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0203.000000T0000Z-120809T0745Z/
FOUNTAIN-PARKE-VERMILLION-
344 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN...PARKE AND 
VERMILLION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM EDT...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR 
PROPERTY.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3996 8753 4003 8709 3987 8709 3987 8705
      3964 8701 3962 8701 3960 8738 3961 8738
      3961 8753 3966 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0744Z 257DEG 24KT 3994 8705 3969 8702

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Shelby	33 min
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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.