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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2012, 5:27 PM EDT for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 5:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Delaware County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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, 5:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Nw Muncie, IN | |
| Mar 30, 5:35 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Muncie, IN | ON WEST MEMORIAL STREET |
| Mar 30, 5:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 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 30, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
288 WUUS53 KIND 302127 SVRIND INC035-302215- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0071.120330T2127Z-120330T2215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 527 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 522 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 WEST OF MUNCIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MUNCIE... BALL STATE UNIVERSITY... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 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 4033 8532 4015 8529 4015 8555 4029 8558 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 262DEG 31KT 4021 8546 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KOCH
2 follow-up statements
807 WWUS53 KIND 302140 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 540 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 INC035-302215- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120330T2215Z/ DELAWARE- 540 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM EDT... AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MUNCIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...1 TO 1.25 INCH HAIL IS BEING REPORTED IN MUNCIE CURRENTLY FROM BOTH TRAINED SPOTTERS AND AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MUNCIE...AND MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4028 8532 4015 8529 4015 8553 4027 8544 TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 262DEG 31KT 4022 8534 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ RYAN
894 WWUS53 KIND 302151 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 551 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 INC035-302201- /O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-120330T2215Z/ DELAWARE- 551 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND NORTHEAST DELAWARE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 4028 8532 4015 8529 4015 8553 4027 8544 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 262DEG 31KT 4023 8519 $$ RYAN
The 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, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby | 45 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, 5:38 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.