Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT for 7 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 4 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
- Mar 23, 2012, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IN, Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Dugger, IN | HAIL IS COVERING THE GROUND |
| Mar 23, 4:54 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Dugger, IN | RELAYED FROM NWSCHAT |
| Mar 23, 5:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | North Terre Haute, IN | |
| Mar 23, 5:01 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 1 Ne Jasonville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
883
WUUS53 KIND 232043
SVRIND
INC021-055-119-121-153-165-167-232130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0042.120323T2043Z-120323T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
443 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
EASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO
5 MILES WEST OF LINTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TERRE HAUTE...
LINTON...
CLINTON...
PIMENTO...
DUGGER...
WEST TERRE HAUTE...
HYMERA...
VICKSBURG...
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...
COALMONT...
JASONVILLE...
SHEPARDSVILLE...
UNIVERSAL...
RILEY...
BLANFORD...
NORTH TERRE HAUTE...
FAIRVIEW PARK...
COAL CITY...
SEELYVILLE...
CORY...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 21.
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3950 8753 3971 8754 3970 8735 3921 8697
3906 8710 3890 8730 3940 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 194DEG 24KT 3946 8747 3902 8724
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRD/JP2 follow-up statements
518
WWUS53 KIND 232052
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
452 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
INC021-055-119-121-153-165-167-232130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120323T2130Z/
CLAY-GREENE-OWEN-PARKE-SULLIVAN-VERMILLION-VIGO-
452 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CLAY...NORTHWESTERN GREENE...SOUTHWESTERN OWEN...SOUTHWESTERN
PARKE...EASTERN SULLIVAN...SOUTHERN VERMILLION AND VIGO COUNTIES
UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 449 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DUGGER. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM TERRE HAUTE TO
LINTON...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 431 PM...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
CARLISLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TERRE HAUTE...CLINTON...INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...VICKSBURG...
COALMONT...JASONVILLE...SHEPARDSVILLE...RILEY...UNIVERSAL...NORTH
TERRE HAUTE...BLANFORD...FAIRVIEW PARK...COAL CITY...SEELYVILLE...
CORY...CLAY CITY...SALINE CITY AND STAUNTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3950 8753 3971 8754 3970 8735 3921 8697
3906 8710 3897 8723 3895 8729 3899 8734
3940 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 194DEG 24KT 3951 8745 3907 8722
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRD/JP620
WWUS53 KIND 232121
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
521 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
INC055-119-121-153-165-232130-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120323T2130Z/
GREENE-OWEN-PARKE-SULLIVAN-VERMILLION-
521 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE...
SOUTHWESTERN OWEN...SOUTHWESTERN PARKE...EASTERN SULLIVAN AND
SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3952 8722 3930 8705 3924 8706 3920 8712
3949 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 207DEG 36KT 3935 8710
$$
INC021-167-232130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120323T2130Z/
CLAY-VIGO-
521 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CLAY
AND EAST CENTRAL VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...
AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES
SOUTH OF BRAZIL...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SEELYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 8722 3930 8705 3924 8706 3920 8712
3949 8735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 207DEG 36KT 3935 8710
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRD/JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 35 min |
| Mar 23, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 31 min |
| Mar 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 37 min |
| Mar 23, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 21 min |
| Mar 23, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Owen | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 21 min |
| Mar 23, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan | 61 min |
| Mar 23, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe, Morgan | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown | 24 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.