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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 23, 2012Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 5:12 PM EDT for Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 23, 2012, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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
Mar 23, 5:31 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	5 S Odon, IN
Mar 23, 5:32 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 S Odon, IN
Mar 23, 5:37 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	3 Se Odon, 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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

599 
WUUS53 KIND 232112
SVRIND
INC027-055-101-232145-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0043.120323T2112Z-120323T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
512 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 509 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 8 MILES
  EAST OF WASHINGTON...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF PETERSBURG...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WEST BOGGS LAKE...
  ELNORA...
  ODON...
  BURNS CITY...
  NEWBERRY...
  CRANE...
  OWENSBURG...

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 3862 8699 3875 8719 3901 8699 3902 8679
      3887 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 216DEG 27KT 3870 8702
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/JP

1 follow-up statement

807 
WWUS53 KIND 232135
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
535 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

INC027-055-101-232145-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0043.000000T0000Z-120323T2145Z/
DAVIESS-GREENE-MARTIN-
535 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
DAVIESS...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 545
PM EDT...

AT 533 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 11 MILES
NORTH OF SHOALS...OR 19 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OWENSBURG.

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.

THIS IS A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO THE ROTATING NATURE OF
SUPERCELLS...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD A
TORNADO OCCUR OR A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 3887 8668 3875 8686 3880 8703 3902 8683
      3902 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 216DEG 27KT 3884 8682
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KOCH

The 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, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and 1 more	47 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

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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.