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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 9, 20125 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2012, 8:52 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 38 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: Aug 9, 2012, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2012, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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 9, 9:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Reelsville, IN	TREES DOWNED IN REELSVILLE. LATE REPORT.

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
Aug 9, 8:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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: 680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

555 
WUUS53 KIND 100052
SVRIND
INC021-109-119-121-133-100130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0213.120810T0052Z-120810T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WEST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 847 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 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL...OR
  21 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENCASTLE...
  REELSVILLE...
  CAGLES MILL LAKE...
  CLOVERDALE...
  BELLE UNION...
  DEVORE...
  QUINCY...
  LITTLE POINT...
  EMINENCE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 55.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3976 8707 3962 8664 3960 8665 3960 8658
      3958 8650 3944 8657 3932 8671 3956 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 299DEG 28KT 3962 8701
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

MRD/MK

2 follow-up statements

130 
WWUS53 KIND 100104
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
904 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INC021-109-119-121-133-100130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-120810T0130Z/
CLAY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM-
904 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CLAY...WEST CENTRAL MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN OWEN...SOUTHEASTERN PARKE
AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM EDT...

AT 901 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...OR
25 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENCASTLE...CAGLES MILL LAKE...CLOVERDALE...BELLE UNION...
  DEVORE...QUINCY...LITTLE POINT AND EMINENCE.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3976 8707 3962 8664 3960 8665 3960 8658
      3958 8650 3944 8657 3932 8671 3956 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 299DEG 28KT 3957 8690
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

KOCH

594 
WWUS53 KIND 100117
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
917 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

INC021-121-100127-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-120810T0130Z/
CLAY-PARKE-
917 PM EDT THU AUG 9 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3969 8688 3962 8664 3961 8665 3960 8665
      3960 8658 3958 8650 3944 8657 3932 8671
      3944 8694 3947 8694 3948 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 289DEG 41KT 3952 8668

$$

INC109-119-133-100130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-120810T0130Z/
MORGAN-OWEN-PUTNAM-
917 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM
EDT...

AT 915 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 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENCASTLE...
OR 27 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LITTLE POINT AND EMINENCE.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3969 8688 3962 8664 3961 8665 3960 8665
      3960 8658 3958 8650 3944 8657 3932 8671
      3944 8694 3947 8694 3948 8698
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 289DEG 41KT 3952 8668
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

MRD/MK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	36 min
Aug 9, 8:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks	32 min
Aug 9, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	30 min
Aug 9, 8:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	42 min
Aug 9, 8:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	35 min
Aug 9, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	47 min
Aug 9, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	14 min
Aug 9, 9:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	39 min
Aug 9, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren	49 min
Aug 9, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby	47 min
Aug 9, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby	62 min
Aug 9, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	29 min
Aug 9, 10:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	26 min
Aug 9, 10:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	43 min
Aug 9, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby	49 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.