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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 20144 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2014, 8:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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: Jul 26, 2014, 8:30 AM EDT (12:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2014, 9:15 AM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 8:35 AM EDT	HAIL 0.25	Coatesville, IN

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 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 1417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 323 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 8.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

523 
WUUS53 KIND 261230
SVRIND
INC063-081-109-133-261315-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0101.140726T1230Z-140726T1315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
830 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 915 AM EDT

* AT 827 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
  GREENCASTLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MOORESVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...STILESVILLE...LITTLE POINT...
  CLAYTON...EMINENCE...MONROVIA...LAKE HART...CENTERTON...BETHANY...
  BROOKLYN AND WAVERLY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 66.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 3982 8674 3966 8633 3963 8633 3963 8626
      3959 8615 3934 8640 3934 8641 3969 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 302DEG 29KT 3967 8664

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

CP

1 follow-up statement

862 
WWUS53 KIND 261250
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
850 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

INC063-081-109-133-261315-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-140726T1315Z/
PUTNAM IN-MORGAN IN-JOHNSON IN-HENDRICKS IN-
850 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HENDRICKS...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...MORGAN AND EAST CENTRAL PUTNAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM EDT...

AT 847 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
MOORESVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOORESVILLE...MARTINSVILLE...LAKE HART...CENTERTON...BETHANY...
BROOKLYN AND WAVERLY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 66.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!

&&

LAT...LON 3982 8674 3966 8633 3963 8633 3963 8626
      3959 8615 3934 8640 3934 8641 3969 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1250Z 302DEG 29KT 3958 8646

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 6:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Warren	46 min
Jul 26, 6:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion, Warren	39 min
Jul 26, 7:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Putnam	31 min
Jul 26, 7:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	43 min
Jul 26, 9:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Brown, Morgan	28 min
Jul 26, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson	45 min
Jul 26, 9:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson	24 min
Jul 26, 4:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Daviess, Decatur, Greene and 20 more	9 hr
Jul 26, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion	54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.