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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 23, 2012Delaware County, Henry County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT for Delaware County, Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 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, 11:00 PM EDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, IN, Henry County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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, 11:15 PM EDT	HAIL 1.25	Muncie, IN
Mar 23, 11:20 PM EDT	HAIL 1	2 Se Muncie, IN
Mar 23, 11:22 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Muncie, IN	QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY IN RAIN ACCOMPANIED THE HAIL
Mar 23, 11:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	1 Sw Muncie, 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, 6:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

264 
WUUS53 KIND 240300
SVRIND
INC035-065-240400-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0057.120324T0300Z-120324T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1100 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT

* AT 1058 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 10
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNCIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNCIE...
  YORKTOWN...
  PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR...
  BALL STATE UNIVERSITY...
  SELMA...
  GASTON...
  EATON...
  ALBANY...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 45.

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 4002 8533 4002 8557 4003 8558 4038 8555
      4038 8523 4027 8521
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 208DEG 19KT 4008 8547
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JAS

3 follow-up statements

446 
WWUS53 KIND 240313
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1113 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

INC065-240323-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120324T0400Z/
HENRY-
1113 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HENRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4008 8530 4008 8557 4038 8555 4038 8523
      4029 8521 4026 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 208DEG 19KT 4014 8543

$$

INC035-240400-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120324T0400Z/
DELAWARE-
1113 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE
COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1112 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
MUNCIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNCIE...YORKTOWN...PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR...BALL STATE
  UNIVERSITY...SELMA...GASTON...EATON AND ALBANY.

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 4008 8530 4008 8557 4038 8555 4038 8523
      4029 8521 4026 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 208DEG 19KT 4014 8543
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JAS

044 
WWUS53 KIND 240335
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1135 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

INC035-240400-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120324T0400Z/
DELAWARE-
1135 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
DELAWARE COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...

AT 1131 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 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 1120 PM EDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE 
SOUTHEAST SIDE OF MUNCIE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EATON AND ALBANY.

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 4021 8525 4016 8526 4023 8543 4038 8543
      4038 8523 4031 8521 4027 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 208DEG 19KT 4028 8531
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

JAS

451 
WWUS53 KIND 240357
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1157 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

INC035-240407-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-120324T0400Z/
DELAWARE-
1157 PM EDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT/1100 PM CDT/...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 4021 8525 4016 8526 4023 8543 4038 8543
      4038 8523 4031 8521 4027 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 208DEG 19KT 4038 8524

$$

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, 10:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush	47 min
Mar 23, 10:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Decatur, Jennings	4 hr
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.