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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 2, 20124 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:34 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
Mar 2, 2012, 1:34 PM EST (18:34 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 2:15 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 1:40 PM ESTHAIL 0.25Terre Haute, INLOTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR I-40
Mar 2, 1:45 PM ESTHAIL 0.753 S Terre Haute, IN
Mar 2, 1:52 PM ESTHAIL 1Brazil, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 10:54 AM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

046 
WUUS53 KIND 021834
SVRIND
INC021-121-133-167-021915-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0022.120302T1834Z-120302T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
134 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  VIGO 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 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF WEST UNION...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARSHALL...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 75 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TERRE HAUTE...
  BRAZIL...
  PRAIRIETON...
  PIMENTO...
  WEST TERRE HAUTE...
  INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...
  RILEY...
  NORTH TERRE HAUTE...
  CORY...
  SEELYVILLE...
  STAUNTON...
  ROSEDALE...
  FONTANET...
  BRIDGETON...
  KNIGHTSVILLE...
  HARMONY...
  CARBON...
  LENA...
  REELSVILLE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 35.

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 3935 8758 3935 8756 3936 8754 3949 8754
      3961 8741 3961 8738 3963 8738 3980 8719
      3949 8689 3926 8747 3925 8758 3929 8761
      3930 8761 3931 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 242DEG 65KT 3933 8751
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

HOMANN/SMF
2 follow-up statements
137 
WWUS53 KIND 021847
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
147 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC021-121-133-167-021915-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
CLAY-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-
147 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
CLAY...SOUTHERN PARKE...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND VIGO 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 12 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WEST UNION...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TERRE HAUTE...BRAZIL...PIMENTO...WEST TERRE HAUTE...INDIANA STATE
  UNIVERSITY...RILEY...SHEPARDSVILLE...NORTH TERRE HAUTE...CORY...
  SEELYVILLE...ROSEDALE...FONTANET...STAUNTON...KNIGHTSVILLE...
  HARMONY...REELSVILLE...CARBON...LENA AND BRIDGETON.

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 3935 8758 3935 8756 3936 8754 3949 8754
      3961 8741 3961 8738 3963 8738 3980 8719
      3949 8689 3926 8747 3925 8758 3929 8761
      3930 8761 3931 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 247DEG 39KT 3930 8745
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RYAN
139 
WWUS53 KIND 021856
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
156 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

INC021-121-133-167-021915-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
CLAY-PARKE-PUTNAM-VIGO-
156 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
CLAY...SOUTHERN PARKE...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND EASTERN VIGO COUNTIES
UNTIL 215 PM EST...

AT 155 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF 
BRAZIL...OR 12 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BRAZIL AT 152 PM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRAZIL...BRIDGETON...KNIGHTSVILLE...HARMONY...CARBON...LENA AND
  REELSVILLE.

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 3961 8741 3961 8738 3963 8738 3980 8719
      3949 8689 3931 8733 3953 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 245DEG 42KT 3942 8716
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:30 AM ESTWind AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more22 hr
Mar 2, 5:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDMonroe47 min
Mar 2, 6:43 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDJohnson, Shelby47 min
Mar 2, 7:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock41 min
Mar 2, 7:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush45 min
Mar 2, 7:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware51 min
Mar 2, 8:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph39 min
Mar 2, 8:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry, Randolph58 min
Mar 2, 9:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo44 min
Mar 2, 9:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam47 min
Mar 2, 10:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam50 min
Mar 2, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Lawrence31 min
Mar 2, 10:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 3 more44 min
Mar 2, 11:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 5 more44 min
Mar 2, 1:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward29 min
Mar 2, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam43 min
Mar 2, 1:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam24 min
Mar 2, 2:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam36 min
Mar 2, 2:11 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hamilton34 min
Mar 2, 2:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe23 min
Mar 2, 2:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison and 2 more41 min
Mar 2, 2:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton34 min
Mar 2, 3:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby33 min
Mar 2, 3:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings21 min
Mar 2, 3:44 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJennings16 min
Mar 2, 3:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush13 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.