Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 8 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, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Shelby County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 30, 5:15 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Plainfield, IN | DAN JONES AND 200S |
| Mar 30, 5:17 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Plainfield, IN | |
| Mar 30, 5:21 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Plainfield, IN | |
| Mar 30, 5:29 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Plainfield, IN | |
| Mar 30, 5:33 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Plainfield, IN | |
| Mar 30, 5:44 PM EDT | HAIL 0.7 | 2 S Camby, IN | |
| Mar 30, 5:50 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Greenwood, IN | |
| Mar 30, 5:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 W Greenwood, 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 30, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925 WUUS53 KIND 302100 SVRIND INC063-081-097-109-145-302145- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0065.120330T2100Z-120330T2145Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 459 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 DANVILLE...OR 19 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PLAINFIELD... MOORESVILLE... GREENWOOD... SOUTHPORT... CAMBY... INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRPORT... HOMECROFT... NEW WHITELAND... WHITELAND... BOGGSTOWN... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 106. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 73. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 104. 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 3968 8588 3949 8592 3962 8655 3975 8652 TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 265DEG 31KT 3972 8649 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
854 WWUS53 KIND 302110 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 INC063-081-097-109-145-302145- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120330T2145Z/ HENDRICKS-JOHNSON-MARION-MORGAN-SHELBY- 510 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS...NORTHERN JOHNSON...SOUTHERN MARION...NORTHEASTERN MORGAN AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLAINFIELD...OR 15 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...GOLF BALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 508 PM JUST NORTHWEST OF DANVILLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOORESVILLE...SOUTHPORT...GREENWOOD...INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRPORT... CAMBY...HOMECROFT...NEW WHITELAND...WHITELAND AND BOGGSTOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3968 8588 3949 8592 3962 8655 3975 8652 TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 285DEG 23KT 3971 8637 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN $$ RYAN
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WWUS53 KIND 302124
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
524 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012
INC063-081-097-109-145-302145-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-120330T2145Z/
HENDRICKS-JOHNSON-MARION-MORGAN-SHELBY-
524 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HENDRICKS...NORTHERN JOHNSON...SOUTHERN MARION...NORTHEASTERN MORGAN
AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...
AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SPEEDWAY TO PLAINFIELD TO 7 MILES
WEST OF MOORESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN DANVILLE AND PLAINFIELD WITH THIS
LINE OF STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHPORT...GREENWOOD...HOMECROFT...NEW WHITELAND...WHITELAND
AND BOGGSTOWN. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA
WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3968 8588 3949 8592 3962 8655 3975 8652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 297DEG 26KT 3970 8620 3964 8623
3960 8642
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN
$$
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 18 min |
| Mar 30, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Putnam | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Parke, Putnam | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Shelby | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 40 min |
| Mar 30, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 11 min |
| Mar 30, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Putnam and 1 more | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 6:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 116 min |
| Mar 30, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 6:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Johnson, Morgan, Owen, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 21 min |
| Mar 30, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 15 min |
Nearby
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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.