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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 2, 20124 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 2:22 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 23 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
Mar 2, 2012, 2:22 PM EST (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 2:45 PM EST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2:44 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 70Bedford, 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
Mar 2, 1:02 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.

198 
WUUS53 KIND 021922
SVRIND
INC071-093-101-105-021945-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0025.120302T1922Z-120302T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

* 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 NEAR
  SHOALS...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...
  HURON...
  WILLIAMS...
  MITCHELL...
  SPRING MILL STATE PARK...
  TUNNELTON...
  OOLITIC...
  AVOCA...
  BARTLETTSVILLE...
  HELTONVILLE...
  NORMAN...
  KURTZ...
  PLEASANT VIEW...
  MEDORA...
  CHARLES DEAM WILDERNESS...
  FREETOWN...

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 3861 8693 3905 8637 3905 8627 3901 8614
      3889 8605 3868 8641 3868 8667 3854 8667
      3852 8670 3852 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 230DEG 62KT 3865 8670
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/MR
2 follow-up statements
952 
WWUS53 KIND 021935
SVSIND

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

INC071-093-101-105-021945-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120302T1945Z/
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-MONROE-
235 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
JACKSON...LAWRENCE...SOUTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES
UNTIL 245 PM EST...

AT 232 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 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SHOALS...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEDFORD...MITCHELL...SPRING MILL STATE PARK...TUNNELTON...
  OOLITIC...HELTONVILLE...BARTLETTSVILLE...NORMAN...CHARLES DEAM
  WILDERNESS...PLEASANT VIEW...KURTZ...MEDORA AND FREETOWN.

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 3861 8693 3905 8637 3905 8627 3901 8614
      3889 8605 3868 8641 3868 8667 3854 8667
      3852 8670 3852 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 227DEG 52KT 3879 8661
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/MR
195 
WWUS53 KIND 021942
SVSIND

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

INC071-093-101-105-021951-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120302T1945Z/
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-MONROE-
242 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN JACKSON...LAWRENCE...
SOUTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 245
PM EST/145 PM CST/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.

LAT...LON 3861 8693 3905 8637 3905 8627 3901 8614
      3889 8605 3868 8641 3868 8667 3854 8667
      3852 8670 3852 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 227DEG 52KT 3884 8652

$$

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, 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, 2:34 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

Nearby

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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.