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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 23, 2012Fountain County, Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 5:29 PM EDT for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2012, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 23, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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 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, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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.

311 
WUUS53 KIND 232129
SVRIND
INC045-107-121-232215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0045.120323T2129Z-120323T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 525 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 NEAR
  ROCKVILLE...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING NORTH
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VEEDERSBURG...
  BLOOMINGDALE...
  JUDSON...
  MARSHALL...
  TURKEY RUN STATE PARK...
  WAVELAND...
  KINGMAN...
  SHADES STATE PARK...
  YEDDO...
  WALLACE...
  ALAMO...
  WAYNETOWN...
  HILLSBORO...
  WINGATE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 30.

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 4014 8725 4018 8707 4007 8693 3969 8711
      3974 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 195DEG 23KT 3981 8719
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

MRD/JP

2 follow-up statements

440 
WWUS53 KIND 232140
SVSIND

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

INC045-107-121-232215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120323T2215Z/
FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-
540 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FOUNTAIN...SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND PARKE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM
EDT...

AT 537 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 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROCKVILLE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...
MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAVELAND...KINGMAN...SHADES STATE PARK...YEDDO...WALLACE...ALAMO...
  WAYNETOWN...HILLSBORO AND WINGATE.

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 4014 8725 4018 8707 4007 8693 3969 8711
      3974 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 195DEG 23KT 3988 8717
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KOCH

996 
WWUS53 KIND 232214
SVSIND

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

INC045-107-121-232224-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120323T2215Z/
FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-PARKE-
614 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...
SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND PARKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM
EDT/515 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 4014 8725 4018 8707 4007 8693 3969 8711
      3974 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 195DEG 23KT 4009 8710

$$

JAS

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, 5:12 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, 5:41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.