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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 8, 2012Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2012, 10:46 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 8, 2012, 10:46 PM EDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2012, 11:30 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 571 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 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.

454 
WWUS83 KIND 090246
SPSIND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1046 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

INZ049-057-090330-
HENRY-RUSH-
1046 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENRY AND RUSH
COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM EDT...

AT 1043 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUSHVILLE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF
CONNERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GLENWOOD...
  MAYS...
  LEWISVILLE...
  STRAUGHN...

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 3987 8521 3979 8521 3979 8522 3978 8530
      3953 8529 3949 8542 3962 8561 3992 8521
      3991 8519 3988 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 229DEG 21KT 3965 8538

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 9:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Shelby	33 min
Aug 8, 9:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hendricks, Marion	3 hr
Aug 9, 2:11 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery	34 min
Aug 9, 2:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Vermillion	31 min
Aug 9, 2:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	3 hr
Aug 9, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke, Vermillion	44 min
Aug 9, 2:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	46 min
Aug 9, 3:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton	42 min
Aug 9, 3:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	5 hr
Aug 9, 3:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Parke, Putnam	50 min
Aug 9, 4:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Owen	50 min
Aug 9, 4:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion	4 hr
Aug 9, 4:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Marion	48 min
Aug 9, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	27 min
Aug 9, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke	44 min
Aug 9, 7:02 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	28 min
Aug 9, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	42 min
Aug 9, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Putnam	33 min
Aug 9, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	34 min
Aug 9, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.