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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 30, 2012Clay County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana

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.

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

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 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
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

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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.

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, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton44 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, 5:45 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

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.