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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 4, 2012Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2012, 2:28 PM EDT for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
Aug 4, 2012, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2012, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 3:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG12 Ne Indianapolis, INONE HEALTY TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD AND PARTIALLY ONTO A PICK -UP TRUCK. TREE IS ABOUT 50 FEET TALL AND 16 TO 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER. LOCATION APPROX.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1883 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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.

693 
WWUS83 KIND 041828
SPSIND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
228 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012

INZ039-047-048-041915-
HAMILTON-HANCOCK-MARION-
228 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HAMILTON...WESTERN
HANCOCK AND MARION COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH 
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  INDIANAPOLIS...
  BEECH GROVE...
  CARMEL...
  LAWRENCE...
  FISHERS...
  MONUMENT CIRCLE...
  WYNNEDALE...
  SPRING HILL...
  ROCKY RIPPLE...
  CROWS NEST...
  INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS...
  NORTH CROWS NEST...
  MERIDIAN HILLS...
  WARREN PARK...
  BROAD RIPPLE...
  WILLIAMS CREEK...
  NEW PALESTINE...
  CUMBERLAND...
  CASTLETON...
  GEIST RESERVOIR...

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 4000 8586 3994 8586 3994 8579 3980 8581
      3970 8591 3970 8595 3964 8595 3963 8632
      3992 8633 3993 8631 3992 8624 3996 8624
      4005 8602
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 233DEG 26KT 3975 8616

$$

PUMA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion38 min
Aug 4, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Tipton39 min
Aug 4, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll50 min
Aug 4, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDecatur35 min
Aug 4, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTipton27 min
Aug 4, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Madison, Tipton36 min
Aug 4, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison41 min
Aug 4, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock29 min
Aug 4, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Madison, Tipton32 min
Aug 4, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph39 min
Aug 4, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry35 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.