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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 1, 2012Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
Sep 1, 2012, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2012, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2012-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1209 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2012-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
1209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Sep 1, 5:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 5:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
508 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

.UPDATE...
THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...

ISSUED AT 325 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

THE REMAINS OF ISAAC HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN DECLARED EXTRA TROPICAL
BY HPC. THIS SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS OUR REGION THE
NEXT FEW DAYS PRODUCING VERY WET WEATHER LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. MONDAY WILL STILL BE WET...BUT RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE
LIGHTER. AFTER THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA...WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL AFFECT US AROUND TUESDAY. THEN A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH BY LATE WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE
UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES. DRY WEATHER AND BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE RULE BY LATE NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/...
ISSUED AT 325 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

RADAR DEPICTS A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND ANOTHER BAND ACROSS NORTHERN AND
EASTERN INDIANA. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PROBABLY DEVELOP ELSEWHERE
AS SOME HEATING OCCURS THIS EVENING. BUT MODELS INDICATE THERE MAY
BE A LULL IN PRECIP ACROSS MUCH OF OUR REGION UNTIL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST MOVE INTO WESTERN INDIANA LATE EVENING OR
MIDNIGHT. WILL MENTION SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM BECOMING BECOMING MUCH MORE NUMEROUS
OVER ALL BUT FAR EASTERN SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT.

HPC INDICATES RAIN AMOUNTS OVER 1 INCH OVER FAR WESTERN SECTIONS
LATER TONIGHT AND WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THERE LATER
TONIGHT.  HAVE TRIMMED HPC PRECIP AMOUNTS FARTHER EAST AS MODELS
INDICATE SOMEWHAT OF A DRY SLOT CONTINUING MUCH OF THE NIGHT.

TEMPERATURES LAST NIGHT RANGED FROM 70 TO 75 AND I DON'T SEE THEM
BEING ANY COOLER LAST NIGHT WITH CLOUDS AND HIGH DEWPOINTS.  WILL
RAISE MOS TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY AS A RESULT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
ISSUED AT 325 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT DURING THIS PERIOD AND WILL USE
A BLEND. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE RAIN AMOUNTS AND TIMING.

THE REMAINS OF ISSAC WILL PRODUCE A VERY WET DAY ACROSS OUR REGION
SUNDAY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY EAST INTO OUR REGION. HPC GIVES 6 HOURLY
QPF LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF ONE HALF INCH AND WILL RAISE POPS TO 100
PERCENT MOST AREAS...BUT 90 PERCENT FAR NORTH.   WILL CONTINUE
MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. BUT RAIN AMOUNTS ARE NOT AS WET
AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AND WITH 6 HOURLY FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE OF 4
INCHES AND 24 HOUR FLASH FOOD GUIDANCE OF 5 TO 6 INCHES. WILL ONLY
CONTINUE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING IN SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT.  I DO NOT PLAN ON ISSUING ANY FLOOD HEADLINES AT THIS
TIME.

MODELS MOVE THE REMAINS OF ISSAC ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY.  DUE TO ITS SLOW MOVEMENT WILL RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY
SUNDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS OUR EAST HALF MONDAY.

AFTER MONDAY...I HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE THERE WILL BE MUCH OF ANY RAIN
AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.  HOWEVER DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT
WILL GO WITH ALL BLEND POPS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...WHICH WILL BE
MOSTLY AROUND 20 PERCENT.

CONCERNING TEMPERATURES....WILL CUT HIGHS A DEGREE OR TWO SUNDAY
DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIP.  OTHERWISE...WENT CLOSE TO A MOS BLEND ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THERE WILL BE A LITTLE SUNSHINE POSSIBLE
MONDAY AND MORE TUESDAY.   WILL KEEP LOW TEMPERATURES A LITTLE ABOVE
MOS NUMBERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS OUR EAST MONDAY NIGHT AS THERE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH CLOUDS TO HOLD TEMPERATURES UP.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
ISSUED AT 325 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

MODELS HAVE COME BACK INTO BETTER AGREEMENT FOR MOST FEATURES IN THE
LONG TERM...SO ALLBLEND INITIALIZATION LOOKS GOOD FOR THE MOST PART.

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING CHANCES FOR RAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. SOME MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN KEEPING CHANCES FOR RAIN FOR
THURSDAY AS WELL...BUT THE OVERALL TREND IS FOR DRY THEN. THUS HAVE
CONTINUED DRY FORECAST FOR THURSDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY PROVIDING DRY
CONDITIONS THEN AS WELL.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEASONABLE EARLY THEN FALL TO BELOW AVERAGE AS
COOLER AIR COMES IN BEHIND THE FRONT FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 012100Z TAF UPDATE/...

ISSUED AT 421 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

INCREASED CEILINGS TO MOSTLY VFR OVER SHORT TERM IN WAKE OF RAIN
NOW MOVING NORTHEAST OF AREA. NO CHANGES OTHERWISE. PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.

GENERALLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
PERIOD...WITH PREDOMINANT IFR EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING.
CONFIDENCE IS BELOW AVERAGE IN REGARDS TO TIMING OF IFR AS WELL AS
TIMING OF WIDESPREAD RAIN.

MAIN AREA OF LIFT HAS PUSHED PAST THE TAF SITES SO AM ONLY EXPECTING
SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. THERE ALSO
COULD BE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IF ENOUGH BREAKS FORM IN THE
CLOUDS...BUT COVERAGE AND UNCERTAINTY TOO HIGH TO MENTION IN TAFS.

EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAIN TO DEVELOP AS THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE
MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. TIMING IS STILL
UNCERTAIN...BUT OVERALL TREND SHOULD STILL BE FOR MORE RAIN AS TIME
PASSES LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

AS FOR CEILINGS...HIGH VARIABILITY AT THE MOMENT RANGING FROM VFR TO
IFR. THERE WILL BE SOME VARIABILITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO
EVENING BUT FEEL THAT MVFR WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT CATEGORY...SO
WILL PUT THAT IN TAFS. OVERNIGHT TREND SHOULD BE FOR CLOUDS TO
LOWER.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...JH
NEAR TERM...JH
SHORT TERM...JH
LONG TERM....50
AVIATION...JK
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:38 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
538 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-022145-
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-
538 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: PERIODIC RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
TONIGHT.

HAZARDS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.

TIMING: TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION: THE REMAINS OF ISAAC HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN DECLARED
EXTRA TROPICAL BY HPC. THIS SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS OUR
REGION THE NEXT FEW DAYS PRODUCING VERY WET WEATHER LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

OUTLOOK: MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON
SUNDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY...AND THEN ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME...HOWEVER ANY THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

DISCUSSION: A SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS OUR REGION THE
NEXT FEW DAYS PRODUCING VERY WET WEATHER THROUGH
SUNDAY. MONDAY WILL STILL BE WET...BUT RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE
LIGHTER. AFTER THE SYSTEM PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA...WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL AFFECT US AROUND TUESDAY. THEN A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH BY LATE WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE
UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES. DRY WEATHER AND BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE RULE BY LATE NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN WITH PRECIPITATION AMOUNT REPORTS
OR OTHERWISE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

SMF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 12:34 PM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 12:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1250 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

INZ021-030-031-038-011730-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-
1250 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...

AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
MONTICELLO TO 10 MILES EAST OF FRANKFORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KEMPTON...            CAMDEN...             BURLINGTON...
  RUSSIAVILLE...        SHARPSVILLE...        INDIAN HEIGHTS...
  KOKOMO...

VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN HALF A MILE IN THE HEAVIEST
SHOWERS. RAINFALL MAY EXCEED 1 INCH IN AN HOUR...WHICH COULD LEAD TO
MINOR FLOODING.

50
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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:52 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
552 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-020000-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
552 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...PERIODIC RAIN TONIGHT WILL DEVELOP INTO MORE WIDEPSREAD RAIN BY
SUNDAY WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...

THIS SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS OUR REGION THE NEXT FEW
DAYS PRODUCING VERY WET WEATHER LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES TONIGHT...ALONG WITH THE THREAT
OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON
SUNDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER
ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORM THAT DO DEVELOP MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

SMF
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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.