Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2012, 9:43 PM EDT for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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 17, 2012, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
713
WUUS53 KIND 180143
SVRIND
INC005-031-145-180215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0036.120318T0143Z-120318T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
943 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 940 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURNEY...
MILFORD...
ST. PAUL...
ADAMS...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 125 AND 131.
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 3937 8552 3926 8574 3933 8576 3946 8560
3945 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 227DEG 24KT 3934 8570
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
187
WWUS53 KIND 180159
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
959 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2012
INC005-180209-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120318T0215Z/
BARTHOLOMEW-
959 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTHOLOMEW
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3942 8552 3937 8552 3930 8568 3932 8569
3935 8569 3935 8570 3936 8571 3946 8560
3945 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 233DEG 14KT 3936 8564
$$
INC031-145-180215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120318T0215Z/
DECATUR-SHELBY-
959 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
DECATUR AND SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM EDT...
AT 954 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF GREENSBURG...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MILFORD...ST. PAUL AND ADAMS.
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 3942 8552 3937 8552 3930 8568 3932 8569
3935 8569 3935 8570 3936 8571 3946 8560
3945 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 233DEG 14KT 3936 8564
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
PUMA964
WWUS53 KIND 180211
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1011 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2012
INC031-145-180221-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120318T0215Z/
DECATUR-SHELBY-
1011 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DECATUR AND
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM EDT/915 PM
CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3942 8552 3937 8552 3930 8568 3932 8569
3935 8569 3935 8570 3936 8571 3946 8560
3945 8551
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 233DEG 14KT 3941 8557
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson | 57 min |
| Mar 17, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 32 min |
| Mar 17, 10:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 27 min |
| Mar 17, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 58 min |
| Mar 17, 11:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks | 41 min |
| Mar 18, 9:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.