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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jan 23, 2012, 1:53 AM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Jan 23, 2012, 1:53 AM EST (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2012, 2:30 AM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jan 23, 12:40 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 12:40 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 7:33 PM EST, 6 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 733 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012 INZ021-029>031-036>042-045>049-052>057-062>065-072-231100- CARROLL-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-TIPTON- HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- HANCOCK-HENRY-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-MONROE-BROWN- BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-JENNINGS- 733 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. WIDESPREAD FOG AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. SECONDARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. WIDESPREAD FOG AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL ALSO OCCUR THIS EVENING. TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 500 AM. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. DISCUSSION: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ028-035-043-044-051-070-071-231100- WARREN-FOUNTAIN-VERMILLION-PARKE-VIGO-LAWRENCE-JACKSON- 733 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. WIDESPREAD FOG AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE. IN ADDITION...LOW LAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH RIVER...WHITE RIVER...EAST FORK WHITE...AND MUSCATATUCK RIVERS. HAZARDS: THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. SECONDARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN ADDITION TO THE LOW LAND RIVER FLOODING. WIDESPREAD FOG AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL ALSO OCCUR THIS EVENING. TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 500 AM. LOW LAND RIVER FLOODING CONTINUING TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. LOW LAND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK. DISCUSSION: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ060-061-067>069-231100- SULLIVAN-GREENE-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- 733 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE. WIDESPREAD FOG AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS EVENING BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE. IN ADDITION...LOW LAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH...MUSCATATUCK...WHITE...AND EAST FORK OF THE WHITE RIVERS. HAZARDS: MAIN SEVERE THREAT IS DAMAGING WINDS. SECONDARY THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN ADDITION TO LOW LAND RIVER FLOODING. WIDESPREAD FOG AND AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL ALSO OCCUR THIS EVENING. TIMING: THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 400 AM. LOW LAND RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. LOW LAND RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS WEEK. DISCUSSION: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND OVERNIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
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Special weather statement, Jan 23, 1:27 AM EST, 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 30 min |
| Jan 23, 12:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan | 33 min |
| Jan 23, 12:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo | 29 min |
| Jan 23, 12:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Owen | 25 min |
| Jan 23, 12:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 32 min |
| Jan 23, 1:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 8 min |
| Jan 23, 1:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 33 min |
| Jan 23, 1:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Johnson, Morgan | 45 min |
| Jan 23, 2:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Rush, Shelby | 43 min |
| Jan 23, 2:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 51 min |
| Jan 23, 10:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 8 days |
| Jan 23, 10:46 AM EST | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 11 days |
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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.