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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 17, 2013Greene County, Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2013, 2:30 AM EDT for Greene County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 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: Apr 17, 2013, 2:30 AM EDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2013, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Greene County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 390 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

097 
WUUS53 KIND 170630
SVRIND
INC055-153-170730-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0039.130417T0630Z-130417T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
230 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 228 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF SULLIVAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...DUGGER...PLEASANTVILLE...VICKSBURG...LYONS...
  SWITZ CITY...NEWBERRY AND WORTHINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3914 8746 3917 8700 3917 8693 3916 8692
      3890 8693 3890 8694 3898 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 270DEG 13KT 3906 8728

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

NIELD

2 follow-up statements

446 
WWUS53 KIND 170657
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
257 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013

INC055-153-170730-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130417T0730Z/
SULLIVAN IN-GREENE IN-
257 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN GREENE
AND CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM EDT...

AT 256 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
LINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...VICKSBURG...SWITZ CITY...LYONS...WORTHINGTON
AND NEWBERRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3914 8746 3917 8700 3917 8693 3916 8692
      3890 8693 3890 8694 3898 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 269DEG 12KT 3907 8725

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

NIELD

502 
WWUS53 KIND 170711
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
311 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013

INC055-153-170721-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-130417T0730Z/
SULLIVAN IN-GREENE IN-
311 AM EDT WED APR 17 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN GREENE AND CENTRAL
SULLIVAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3914 8746 3917 8700 3917 8693 3916 8692
      3890 8693 3890 8694 3898 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0711Z 269DEG 12KT 3907 8719

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Martin	26 min
Apr 16, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Knox	46 min
Apr 16, 10:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	44 min
Apr 16, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	48 min
Apr 16, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen	48 min
Apr 16, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Vigo	31 min
Apr 17, 1:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Sullivan	57 min
Apr 17, 1:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	35 min
Apr 17, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	38 min
Apr 17, 3:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene	44 min
Apr 17, 3:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Greene, Sullivan	3 hr
Apr 17, 3:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	63 min
Apr 17, 8:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Clinton, Decatur and 26 more	12 hr
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	11 hr
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	5 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	5 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	6 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen	6 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	11 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	14 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	13 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	15 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	16 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	16 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox	27 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	25 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Henry, Rush, Shelby	23 hr
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby	4 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	5 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	11 hr
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	12 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe, White	4 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	11 hr
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	3 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard, Tippecanoe	4 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene	5 days
Apr 17, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke	23 hr
Apr 17, 3:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more	40 hr
Apr 17, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	51 min
Apr 17, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan	46 min
Apr 17, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby	38 min
Apr 17, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion, Shelby	47 min
Apr 17, 7:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	39 min
Apr 17, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	41 min
Apr 17, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.