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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2012, 4:47 AM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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 5, 2012, 4:47 AM EDT (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2012, 5:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 5:05 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W Groveland, IN | LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING ROADWAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. LATE REPORT. |
| Aug 5, 5:15 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sw Lebanon, IN | OUTBUILDING DAMAGED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
045
WWUS83 KIND 050847
SPSIND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
447 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
INZ021-029>031-036>039-045-046-050930-
BOONE-CARROLL-CLINTON-HAMILTON-HENDRICKS-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-
TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-
447 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR CLINTON...CARROLL...BOONE...
WESTERN HAMILTON...NORTHERN HENDRICKS...HOWARD...EASTERN
MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN PUTNAM...EASTERN TIPPECANOE AND TIPTON COUNTIES
UNTIL 530 AM EDT...
AT 446 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DELPHI TO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FRANKFORT TO 10 MILES NORTH OF GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
FRANKFORT...
KOKOMO...
LEBANON...
BROWNSBURG...
ZIONSVILLE...
TIPTON...
CARMEL...
ROACHDALE...
COLFAX...
CARPENTERSVILLE...
BAINBRIDGE...
ROSSVILLE...
NEW ROSS...
CAMDEN...
FLORA...
THORNTOWN...
GROVELAND...
ADVANCE...
JAMESTOWN...
NORTH SALEM...
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 4057 8636 4057 8586 4036 8586 4020 8597
3993 8611 3992 8633 3981 8633 3970 8701
4020 8684 4067 8674 4068 8637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 270DEG 52KT 4058 8661 4020 8669
3979 8683
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Howard, Madison, Tipton | 77 min |
| Aug 4, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 9:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Randolph | 99 min |
| Aug 5, 3:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 5:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 5:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Madison, Marion | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 5:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 5:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 6:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Henry, Rush, Shelby | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 6:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 7:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.