Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 2:56 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:56 PM EST (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 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.
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 |
| Mar 2, 1:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414
WUUS53 KIND 021956
SVRIND
INC035-057-095-159-022030-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0027.120302T1956Z-120302T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
256 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 253 PM EST...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE
EAST SIDE OF NOBLESVILLE. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NOBLESVILLE...OR 16 MILES
WEST OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANDERSON...
MUNCIE...
ELWOOD...
ALEXANDRIA...
LAPEL...
EDGEWOOD...
RIVER FOREST...
FRANKTON...
WOODLAWN HEIGHTS...
COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS...
ORESTES...
CHESTERFIELD...
DALEVILLE...
SUMMITVILLE...
YORKTOWN...
GASTON...
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 50.
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 4021 8532 3998 8590 4014 8609 4038 8586
4039 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 241DEG 55KT 4012 8592
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
HOMANN/SMF3 follow-up statements
729
WWUS53 KIND 022007
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
307 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC057-159-022017-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120302T2030Z/
HAMILTON-TIPTON-
307 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4021 8532 3999 8586 4009 8587 4017 8585
4038 8586 4038 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 241DEG 55KT 4020 8571
$$
INC035-095-022030-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120302T2030Z/
DELAWARE-MADISON-
307 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
DELAWARE AND MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EST...
AT 305 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MUNCIE...ALEXANDRIA...ORESTES...CHESTERFIELD...DALEVILLE...
SUMMITVILLE...YORKTOWN...GASTON AND BALL STATE UNIVERSITY.
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 4021 8532 3999 8586 4009 8587 4017 8585
4038 8586 4038 8559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 241DEG 55KT 4020 8571
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
77/TDUD279
WWUS53 KIND 022019
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
319 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC035-095-022030-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120302T2030Z/
DELAWARE-MADISON-
319 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
DELAWARE AND EASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EST...
AT 314 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED...PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF ALEXANDRIA...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
MUNCIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MUNCIE AND BALL STATE UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4005 8571 4015 8567 4022 8563 4032 8564
4038 8559 4021 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 241DEG 55KT 4028 8550
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
77/TDUD522
WWUS53 KIND 022026
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
326 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC035-095-022033-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120302T2030Z/
DELAWARE-MADISON-
326 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DELAWARE AND EASTERN
MADISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM EST/230 PM CST/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4005 8571 4015 8567 4022 8563 4032 8564
4038 8559 4021 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 241DEG 55KT 4030 8542
$$
77/TDUDThe 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, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen, Parke, Putnam | 36 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.