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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 10:13 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Delaware County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Madison County, IN, Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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, 10:35 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Kennard, IN | PEA SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES. |
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, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 672 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
311 WUUS53 KIND 240213 SVRIND INC035-059-065-095-139-240300- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0056.120324T0213Z-120324T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1013 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... WESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF GREENFIELD...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILKINSON... SHIRLEY... GREENSBORO... KENNARD... MARKLEVILLE... CADIZ... SULPHUR SPRINGS... MIDDLETOWN... MOUNT SUMMIT... CHESTERFIELD... SPRINGPORT... DALEVILLE... YORKTOWN... SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 27 AND 40. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 121. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 4022 8557 4010 8525 3970 8556 3979 8577 TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 207DEG 20KT 3983 8561 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
444 WWUS53 KIND 240240 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1040 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 INC139-240250- /O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120324T0300Z/ RUSH- 1040 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3979 8552 3986 8574 4022 8557 4010 8525 TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 207DEG 20KT 3995 8556 $$ INC035-059-065-095-240300- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-120324T0300Z/ DELAWARE-HANCOCK-HENRY-MADISON- 1040 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE...NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK...WESTERN HENRY AND SOUTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... AT 1035 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 WEST OF NEW CASTLE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MARKLEVILLE...CADIZ...SULPHUR SPRINGS...MIDDLETOWN...MOUNT SUMMIT...SPRINGPORT...DALEVILLE...CHESTERFIELD AND YORKTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 3979 8552 3986 8574 4022 8557 4010 8525 TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 207DEG 20KT 3995 8556 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ JAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Johnson, Morgan | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 40 min |
| Mar 23, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 9:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Johnson | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 9:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Shelby | 8 hr |
| Mar 23, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 36 min |
| Mar 23, 10:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 10:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 4 hr |
| Mar 23, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 12:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Johnson | 4 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 5:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 66 hr |
| Mar 24, 7:59 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 5 days |
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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.