Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 2:09 PM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 36 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, 2:09 PM EST (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 2:20 PM EST | HAIL 0.25 | 5 N Coatesville, IN | |
| Mar 2, 2:25 PM EST | HAIL 0.5 | Danville, IN | |
| Mar 2, 2:36 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Mooresville, 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.
486
WUUS53 KIND 021909
SVRIND
INC063-107-109-119-121-133-021945-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0024.120302T1909Z-120302T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
209 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EST
* AT 204 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING EAST
AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...
MOORESVILLE...
BELLE UNION...
NEW ROSS...
COATESVILLE...
EMINENCE...
LITTLE POINT...
NORTH SALEM...
STILESVILLE...
AMO...
CLAYTON...
MONROVIA...
LAKE HART...
CENTERTON...
BETHANY...
BROOKLYN...
WAVERLY...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 66.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 46.
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 4003 8673 3999 8669 3993 8669 3992 8662
3955 8625 3936 8675 3959 8702 3960 8701
3960 8704 3964 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 267DEG 55KT 3986 8675 3947 8674
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
HOMANN/SMF2 follow-up statements
483
WWUS53 KIND 021921
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
221 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC121-021931-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120302T1945Z/
PARKE-
221 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3953 8692 3970 8678 4003 8673 3999 8669
3993 8669 3992 8662 3956 8626 3937 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 254DEG 49KT 3964 8658
$$
INC063-107-109-119-133-021945-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120302T1945Z/
HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PUTNAM-
221 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
HENDRICKS...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN
OWEN AND EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EST...
AT 218 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
SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE...OR 28 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH. PING PONG HAIL WAS REPORTED SOUTHEAST OF BAINBRIDGE
AT 217 PM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANVILLE...MOORESVILLE...CLAYTON...MONROVIA...LAKE HART...
CENTERTON...BETHANY...BROOKLYN AND WAVERLY.
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 3953 8692 3970 8678 4003 8673 3999 8669
3993 8669 3992 8662 3956 8626 3937 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 254DEG 49KT 3964 8658
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
RYAN135
WWUS53 KIND 021940
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
240 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC063-107-109-119-133-021950-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120302T1945Z/
HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PUTNAM-
240 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND
EASTERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
LAT...LON 3953 8692 3970 8678 4003 8673 3999 8669
3993 8669 3992 8662 3956 8626 3937 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 254DEG 49KT 3964 8623
$$
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, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 43 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, 2:11 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.