Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2012, 3:39 PM EST for Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 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, 3:39 PM EST (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 3:42 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Butlerville, IN | TREE DOWN AT SR 3 AND 500 N. RIGHT AFTER THIS REPORT WAS A REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND EAST OF BUTLERVILLE BUT STILL IN JENNINGS COUNTY. NO DAMAGE COULD BE CONFIRMED FROM THIS TORNADO REPORT. |
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, 1:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
467
WUUS53 KIND 022039
SVRIND
INC031-079-022100-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0029.120302T2039Z-120302T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
339 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST
* AT 337 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH VERNON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SEYMOUR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUTLERVILLE...
WESTPORT...
NEBRASKA...
MILLHOUSEN...
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.
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 3919 8543 3901 8544 3894 8566 3909 8578
3913 8570 3913 8569 3914 8569 3932 8529
3927 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 243DEG 51KT 3906 8560
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.75IN
$$
AB/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, 2:09 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, 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, 3:44 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.