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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 2, 20126 counties in Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 2:20 PM ESTHAIL 0.255 N Coatesville, IN
Mar 2, 2:25 PM ESTHAIL 0.5Danville, IN
Mar 2, 2:36 PM ESTHAIL 1Mooresville, 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, 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.

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°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.

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/SMF
2 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

$$

RYAN
135 
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

$$

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, 1:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo41 min
Mar 2, 1:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam24 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.