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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 30, 20124 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 6:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	1 N Knightstown, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

312 
WUUS53 KIND 302200
SVRIND
INC059-065-139-145-302245-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0076.120330T2200Z-120330T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 559 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
  GREENFIELD...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...
  MORRISTOWN...
  WILKINSON...
  SHIRLEY...
  CARTHAGE...
  ARLINGTON...
  KENNARD...
  KNIGHTSTOWN...
  GREENSBORO...
  SPICELAND...
  DUNREITH...
  MAYS...
  LEWISVILLE...
  STRAUGHN...
  GLENWOOD...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 133.

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 3987 8520 3987 8521 3978 8523 3978 8530
      3963 8529 3954 8532 3967 8587 3992 8581
      3990 8519
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 274DEG 27KT 3978 8571
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

KOCH

3 follow-up statements

432 
WWUS53 KIND 302215
SVSIND

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

INC059-065-139-145-302245-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120330T2245Z/
HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH-SHELBY-
615 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HANCOCK...SOUTHERN HENRY...NORTHERN RUSH AND NORTHEASTERN SHELBY
COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 609 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 9 MILES
EAST OF GREENFIELD...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...KENNARD...KNIGHTSTOWN...GREENSBORO...SPICELAND...
  DUNREITH...MAYS...LEWISVILLE...STRAUGHN AND GLENWOOD.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3964 8575 3991 8563 3990 8519 3987 8520
      3987 8521 3978 8523 3978 8530 3963 8529
      3954 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 274DEG 27KT 3979 8555
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RYAN

986 
WWUS53 KIND 302230
SVSIND

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

INC059-145-302240-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120330T2245Z/
HANCOCK-SHELBY-
630 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK AND
NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3960 8559 3990 8550 3990 8519 3987 8520
      3987 8521 3978 8523 3978 8530 3963 8529
      3954 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 274DEG 27KT 3978 8540

$$

INC065-139-302245-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120330T2245Z/
HENRY-RUSH-
630 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HENRY
AND NORTHERN RUSH COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...

AT 623 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
SOUTHWEST OF NEW CASTLE...OR 16 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE CITY...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEWISVILLE...STRAUGHN AND GLENWOOD.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3960 8559 3990 8550 3990 8519 3987 8520
      3987 8521 3978 8523 3978 8530 3963 8529
      3954 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 274DEG 27KT 3978 8540
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

RYAN

923 
WWUS53 KIND 302241
SVSIND

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

INC065-139-302251-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120330T2245Z/
HENRY-RUSH-
641 PM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HENRY AND NORTHERN
RUSH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT/545 PM CDT/...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3960 8559 3990 8550 3990 8519 3987 8520
      3987 8521 3978 8523 3978 8530 3963 8529
      3954 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 274DEG 27KT 3976 8529

$$

KOCH

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, 5:43 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, 6:04 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

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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.