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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 2, 20125 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:51 PM EST for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. 4 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, 1:51 PM EST (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 2:15 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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, 2:00 PM ESTHAIL 0.5Cloverdale, IN
Mar 2, 2:00 PM ESTHAIL 1Greencastle, IN
Mar 2, 2:07 PM ESTHAIL 1.54 Ese Bainbridge, IN
Mar 2, 2:20 PM ESTHAIL 0.255 N Coatesville, 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

854 
WUUS53 KIND 021851
SVRIND
INC021-063-107-121-133-021915-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0023.120302T1851Z-120302T1915Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EST

* AT 150 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 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF BRAZIL...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CRAWFORDSVILLE...
  GREENCASTLE...
  REELSVILLE...
  CECIL HARDEN LAKE...
  CLOVERDALE...
  WAVELAND...
  RUSSELLVILLE...
  BELLE UNION...
  FILLMORE...
  BAINBRIDGE...
  NEW MARKET...
  CARPENTERSVILLE...
  ROACHDALE...
  COATESVILLE...
  STILESVILLE...
  GROVELAND...
  LADOGA...
  AMO...
  CLAYTON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 30 AND 45.

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 4007 8691 3965 8644 3960 8658 3960 8666
      3957 8666 3945 8697 3971 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 240DEG 53KT 3960 8703
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

HOMANN/SMF
1 follow-up statement
826 
WWUS53 KIND 021907
SVSIND

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

INC121-021916-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
PARKE-
207 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3961 8704 3961 8701 3966 8701 3998 8681
      3965 8644 3960 8658 3960 8666 3957 8667
      3947 8692 3947 8694 3945 8697 3957 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 242DEG 49KT 3966 8681

$$

INC021-063-107-133-021915-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
CLAY-HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-
207 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
CLAY...SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM EST...

AT 204 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 NEAR
GREENCASTLE...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELLE UNION...FILLMORE...BAINBRIDGE...CARPENTERSVILLE...
  ROACHDALE...COATESVILLE...GROVELAND...STILESVILLE...AMO...CLAYTON
  AND LADOGA.

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 3961 8704 3961 8701 3966 8701 3998 8681
      3965 8644 3960 8658 3960 8666 3957 8667
      3947 8692 3947 8694 3945 8697 3957 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 242DEG 49KT 3966 8681
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/MR

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, 1:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo41 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.