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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2012, 7:54 PM EDT for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 25, 2012, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Henry County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 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 Jul 25, 6:56 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 6:56 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 601 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 INZ021-028>031-035>041-043>048-051>056-060>064-067>072-262215- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 601 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: HEAT AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: HEAT INDEX TO AROUND 105 DEGREES AT TIMES. LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS. TIMING: THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. DISCUSSION: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS ENVIRONMENT DESTABILIZES WITH WARM FRONT OVER FORECAST AREA. INTENSE HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND INTERACTS WITH WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR TO TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY... AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THEN. DISCUSSION: A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL STALL ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SATURDAY BEFORE RETURNING NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS FRONT ALONG WITH UPPER DISTURBANCES IN FAST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ042-049-057-065-262215- RANDOLPH-HENRY-RUSH-DECATUR- 601 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: HEAT AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: HEAT INDEX TO AROUND 105 DEGREES AT TIMES. LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS. TIMING: THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. DISCUSSION: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS ENVIRONMENT DESTABILIZES WITH WARM FRONT OVER FORECAST AREA. INTENSE HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY...WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 DEGREES AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND INTERACTS WITH WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR TO TRIGGER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THEN. DISCUSSION: A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE BOUNDARY WILL STALL ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SATURDAY BEFORE RETURNING NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS FRONT ALONG WITH UPPER DISTURBANCES IN FAST NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL INDIANA AT TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:54 PM EDT, 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Lawrence | 31 min |
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Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.