Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2012, 5:43 PM EDT for Clay County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2012, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
843 WUUS53 KIND 302143 SVRIND INC021-119-133-302230- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0073.120330T2143Z-120330T2230Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 543 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... NORTH CENTRAL OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 541 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 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRAZIL...OR 20 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... REELSVILLE... CAGLES MILL LAKE... CLOVERDALE... DEVORE... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 44. 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 3959 8674 3941 8672 3941 8713 3954 8714 TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 263DEG 19KT 3948 8700 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ KOCH
1 follow-up statement
641 WWUS53 KIND 302200 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 INC021-119-133-302230- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120330T2230Z/ CLAY-OWEN-PUTNAM- 600 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CLAY...NORTH CENTRAL OWEN AND SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF BRAZIL...OR 25 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAGLES MILL LAKE...CLOVERDALE AND DEVORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 3951 8709 3959 8674 3941 8672 3941 8713 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 263DEG 19KT 3949 8688 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ 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, 5:27 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, 5:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.