Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2012, 6:20 AM EST for Hamilton County, Hancock County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 17, 2012, 6:20 AM EST (11:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 6:45 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 6:20 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Lawrence, IN | TREES DOWNED ON BOY SCOUT ROAD. |
| Jan 17, 6:20 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 46 | Indianapolis, IN | |
| Jan 17, 6:30 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Lawrence, IN | TREES DOWNED ON BOY SCOUT ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 587 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 671 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057 WUUS53 KIND 171120 SVRIND INC057-059-097-171145- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0003.120117T1120Z-120117T1145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 620 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 645 AM EST * AT 618 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAWRENCE... FISHERS... CASTLETON... CUMBERLAND... NEW PALESTINE... GEIST RESERVOIR... MCCORDSVILLE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 118. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 13. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 77 AND 99. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 95. 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 3971 8586 3971 8622 3993 8622 4001 8587 TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 246DEG 54KT 3987 8609 WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN $$ NIELD
1 follow-up statement
526 WWUS53 KIND 171142 RRB SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 642 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 INC057-059-097-171152- /O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120117T1145Z/ HAMILTON-HANCOCK-MARION- 642 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON... WESTERN HANCOCK AND NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM EST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS IN THE AREA. LAT...LON 3971 8586 3971 8622 3993 8622 4001 8587 TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 246DEG 54KT 3972 8555 $$ NIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 3:53 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 52 min |
| Jan 17, 4:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Howard | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 5:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Greene, Owen, Sullivan | 65 min |
| Jan 17, 6:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 35 min |
| Jan 17, 6:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Owen and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jan 17, 6:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 6:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 68 min |
| Jan 17, 7:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 24 min |
| Jan 17, 7:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 42 min |
| Jan 17, 7:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Decatur, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 7:23 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 17, 7:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 48 min |
| Jan 17, 8:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 49 min |
| Jan 17, 8:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 21 min |
| Jan 17, 8:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 48 min |
| Jan 17, 9:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jennings | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 9:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 9:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 36 min |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 51 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 19 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 23 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 23 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox, Posey | 21 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 14 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 16 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 19 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 20 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 16 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 16 days |
| Jan 17, 10:05 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 18 days |
| Jan 17, 12:25 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 6:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Rush and 1 more | 4 hr |
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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.