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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jun 16, 2012, 6:23 PM EDT for Warren County, 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
- Jun 16, 2012, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 627 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 Jun 16, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 354 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-171000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 354 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDS: THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. TIMING: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE BY LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DISCUSSION: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT THEN AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ALL STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. DISCUSSION: AN UPPER TROUGH EXITING THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT WILL STILL CARRY THE THREAT OF PRODUCING STORMS WITH LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL BEING THE MAIN CONCERNS. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ARRIVE LATE WEEK AND BRING A RENEWED THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
320 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
INZ028-035-161945-
FOUNTAIN-WARREN-
320 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN AND WARREN
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...
AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSPORT...OR 18 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSPORT...
RAINSVILLE...
ATTICA...
PINE VILLAGE...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4039 8751 4048 8716 4048 8709 4027 8709
4022 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 256DEG 14KT 4033 8737
50Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:23 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 623 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 INZ028-035-162300- FOUNTAIN-WARREN- 623 PM EDT SAT JUN 16 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSPORT...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF FOWLER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WILLIAMSPORT... RAINSVILLE... PINE VILLAGE... ATTICA... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 4045 8752 4047 8709 4025 8709 4026 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 269DEG 13KT 4036 8736 50
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Warren | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 3:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 7:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Fountain | 4 hr |
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.