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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 30, 20124 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2012, 4:46 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 44 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 30, 2012, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Delaware County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 5:08 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Frankton, IN
Mar 30, 5:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.883 Nw Muncie, IN
Mar 30, 5:35 PM EDTHAIL 1Muncie, INON WEST MEMORIAL STREET
Mar 30, 5:37 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Muncie, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 30, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
364 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.

808 
WUUS53 KIND 302046
SVRIND
INC035-057-095-159-302130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0064.120330T2046Z-120330T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
446 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 445 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 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF TIPTON...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNCIE...
  ELWOOD...
  ALEXANDRIA...
  FRANKTON...
  ORESTES...
  COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS...
  SUMMITVILLE...
  YORKTOWN...
  GASTON...
  BALL STATE UNIVERSITY...
  EATON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 50.

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 4015 8529 4010 8607 4028 8611 4039 8538
      4038 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 262DEG 31KT 4020 8597
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KOCH
2 follow-up statements
666 
WWUS53 KIND 302102
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
502 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

INC035-057-095-159-302130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120330T2130Z/
DELAWARE-HAMILTON-MADISON-TIPTON-
502 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE...
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON...CENTRAL MADISON AND SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 454 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
SOUTHWEST OF ELWOOD...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL WAS 
LOCATED IN FAR NORTHEAST MADISON COUNTY NEAR SUMMITVILLE. THIS STORM 
WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNCIE...ALEXANDRIA...FRANKTON...ORESTES...SUMMITVILLE...
  YORKTOWN...GASTON...BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AND EATON.

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 4015 8529 4012 8597 4029 8595 4039 8538
      4038 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 262DEG 31KT 4022 8581
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RYAN
162 
WWUS53 KIND 302119
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
519 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

INC057-159-302128-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120330T2130Z/
HAMILTON-TIPTON-
519 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN TIPTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4015 8529 4015 8569 4028 8572 4039 8538
      4038 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 262DEG 31KT 4024 8561

$$

INC035-095-302130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-120330T2130Z/
DELAWARE-MADISON-
519 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DELAWARE AND
EAST CENTRAL MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 513 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 
ALEXANDRIA...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 
AN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL WAS MOVING ACROSS 
FAR NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY...AND WILL IMPACT EATON BY 525 PM. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MUNCIE...YORKTOWN...GASTON...BALL STATE UNIVERSITY AND EATON.

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 4015 8529 4015 8569 4028 8572 4039 8538
      4038 8533
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 262DEG 31KT 4024 8561
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RYAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam43 min
Mar 30, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton18 min
Mar 30, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Putnam49 min
Mar 30, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Parke, Putnam46 min
Mar 30, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo49 min
Mar 30, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby45 min
Mar 30, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam47 min
Mar 30, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Marion, Shelby46 min
Mar 30, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison44 min
Mar 30, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph40 min
Mar 30, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph11 min
Mar 30, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware24 min
Mar 30, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph52 min
Mar 30, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Putnam47 min
Mar 30, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby45 min
Mar 30, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Putnam and 1 more51 min
Mar 30, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby45 min
Mar 30, 6:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam116 min
Mar 30, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby44 min
Mar 30, 6:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Shelby2 hr
Mar 30, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush21 min
Mar 30, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox15 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.