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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2013, 8:06 AM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 20, 2013, 8:06 AM EDT (12:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2013, 8:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 2157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 20, 6:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:56 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 5:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 517 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-210930- 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- 517 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING. TIMING: MAINLY THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DISCUSSION: STORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES TRAVERSE THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG OR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HAIL...OR OBSERVED FLOODING WITH STORMS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 8:06 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
806 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
INZ028-029-035-201230-
FOUNTAIN-TIPPECANOE-WARREN-
806 AM EDT SAT JUL 20 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...WESTERN
TIPPECANOE AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EDT...
AT 805 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF BOSWELL...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
FOWLER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
WILLIAMSPORT...
WEST LEBANON...
RAINSVILLE...
PINE VILLAGE...
ATTICA...
SHADELAND...
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 8692 4021 8690 4021 8694 4028 8754
4048 8753 4048 8752 4048 8710 4050 8710
4051 8711 4057 8709
TIME...MOT...LOC 1206Z 278DEG 22KT 4043 8741
CPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Warren | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan, Owen | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Brown, Monroe, Owen | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 1:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Brown, Clay, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 49 min |
| Jul 20, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe | 59 min |
| Jul 20, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Lawrence | 39 min |
| Jul 20, 3:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan | 6 hr |
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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.