Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:32 PM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 43 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:32 PM EST (18:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Boone County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:35 PM EST | HAIL 0.25 | 1 N Judson, IN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 10:54 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993
WUUS53 KIND 021832
SVRIND
INC011-045-063-107-121-133-021915-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0021.120302T1832Z-120302T1915Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
132 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 215 PM EST
* AT 131 PM EST...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 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROCKVILLE...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...
WAVELAND...
SHADES STATE PARK...
RUSSELLVILLE...
ALAMO...
WAYNETOWN...
NEW MARKET...
ROACHDALE...
NEW RICHMOND...
LADOGA...
NEW ROSS...
JAMESTOWN...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 55.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4022 8698 4021 8696 3992 8653 3972 8713
3993 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 246DEG 49KT 3985 8708
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
HOMANN/SMF2 follow-up statements
460
WWUS53 KIND 021842
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
142 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC045-021852-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
FOUNTAIN-
142 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3996 8709 4003 8709 4021 8698 4021 8696
3992 8654 3976 8704 3995 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 246DEG 49KT 3984 8688
$$
INC011-063-107-121-133-021915-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-PUTNAM-
142 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
BOONE...NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS...MONTGOMERY...NORTHEASTERN PARKE AND
NORTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EST...
AT 136 PM EST...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 13 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...NEW MARKET...ROACHDALE...NEW RICHMOND...LADOGA...
NEW ROSS AND JAMESTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3996 8709 4003 8709 4021 8698 4021 8696
3992 8654 3976 8704 3995 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 246DEG 49KT 3984 8688
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
RYAN869
WWUS53 KIND 021849
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
149 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC121-021859-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
PARKE-
149 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4017 8692 3992 8654 3978 8701 3980 8701
3996 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 246DEG 49KT 3981 8673
$$
INC011-063-107-133-021915-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
BOONE-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-
149 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
BOONE...NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS...EASTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN
PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EST...
AT 145 PM EST...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 11 MILES
NORTH OF GREENCASTLE...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ROSS AND JAMESTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4017 8692 3992 8654 3978 8701 3980 8701
3996 8693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 246DEG 49KT 3981 8673
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:30 AM EST | Wind Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 2, 5:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Monroe | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 6:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 7:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 7:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush | 45 min |
| Mar 2, 7:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 8:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 8:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Henry, Randolph | 58 min |
| Mar 2, 9:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 9:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 47 min |
| Mar 2, 10:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 10:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 3 more | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 11:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 5 more | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 1:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 1:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 2:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 2 more | 41 min |
| Mar 2, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 3:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 16 min |
| Mar 2, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 13 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.