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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Mar 15, 2012, 4:29 PM EDT for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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 15, 2012, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 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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</html>What forecasters said that day
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 Mar 15, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 10:10 AM EDT, 6 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1010 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 INZ021-028>031-035-036-043-044-161415- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- VERMILLION-PARKE- 1010 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HAIL...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. TIMING: THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY MIDDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS. DISCUSSION: CENTRAL INDIANA WILL REMAIN WITHIN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OR LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ037>042-045>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-161415- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 1010 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. TIMING: THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY MIDDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS. DISCUSSION: CENTRAL INDIANA WILL REMAIN WITHIN A MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL PRODUCE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...GUSTY WINDS OR LOCALIZED FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) SMF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 4:29 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
429 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
INZ054-062-152100-
MONROE-MORGAN-
429 PM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MONROE AND MORGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 425 PM EDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
WEST OF MARTINSVILLE...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MARTINSVILLE...
MOORESVILLE...
MAHALASVILLE...
MONROVIA...
CENTERTON...
LAKE HART...
MORGANTOWN...
BETHANY...
BROOKLYN...
&&
LAT...LON 3939 8663 3947 8663 3947 8668 3950 8668
3960 8648 3960 8647 3964 8642 3963 8636
3948 8625 3936 8625 3934 8630 3934 8638
3930 8638 3926 8648
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 237DEG 21KT 3945 8657
AB/PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 51 min |
| Mar 15, 5:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Howard | 67 min |
| Mar 15, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Martin | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 7:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson | 23 min |
| Mar 15, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 31 min |
| Mar 15, 7:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Lawrence | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 8:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 18 min |
| Mar 15, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jennings | 32 min |
| Mar 15, 9:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jennings | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 24 min |
| Mar 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 28 min |
| Mar 15, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 26 min |
| Mar 15, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.