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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 20144 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2014, 4:08 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 52 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: May 11, 2014, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2014, 5:00 AM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Greene County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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: 3064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

621 
WUUS53 KIND 110808
SVRIND
INC021-055-153-167-110900-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0013.140511T0808Z-140511T0900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
408 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT

* AT 401 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EATON...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SULLIVAN...LINTON...MEROM...TURTLE CREEK RESERVOIR...GRAYSVILLE...
  CARLISLE...FAIRBANKS...PAXTON...PRAIRIE CREEK...SHELBURN...
  PRAIRIETON...FARMERSBURG...DUGGER...PIMENTO...HYMERA...VICKSBURG...
  COALMONT...JASONVILLE AND RILEY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 15.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8765 3922 8758 3927 8761 3932 8759
      3941 8745 3948 8728 3902 8706 3894 8752
      3896 8752 3898 8757 3901 8759 3902 8757
      3907 8759 3911 8766 3912 8764 3913 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0808Z 245DEG 30KT 3911 8767

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

$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

368 
WWUS53 KIND 110829
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
429 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

INC021-055-153-167-110900-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140511T0900Z/
VIGO IN-SULLIVAN IN-GREENE IN-CLAY IN-
429 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CLAY...NORTHWESTERN GREENE...SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTIES
UNTIL 500 AM EDT...

AT 427 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF SULLIVAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RILEY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 15.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3911 8755 3919 8753 3926 8750 3933 8748
      3941 8745 3948 8728 3902 8706 3894 8752
      3896 8752 3898 8757 3901 8759 3902 8757
      3907 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 240DEG 49KT 3925 8727

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PUMA

391 
WWUS53 KIND 110843
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
443 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

INC021-055-153-167-110853-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140511T0900Z/
VIGO IN-SULLIVAN IN-GREENE IN-CLAY IN-
443 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAY...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE...SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED ACROSS AND MOVED 
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3911 8755 3919 8753 3926 8750 3933 8748
      3941 8745 3948 8728 3902 8706 3894 8752
      3896 8752 3898 8757 3901 8759 3902 8757
      3907 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 245DEG 30KT 3923 8733

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion	48 min
May 11, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	41 min
May 11, 4:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock, Marion	38 min
May 11, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess, Martin	43 min
May 11, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry	43 min
May 11, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion	38 min
May 11, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby	46 min
May 11, 5:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Rush	28 min
May 11, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess	40 min
May 11, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	49 min
May 11, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	34 min
May 11, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	49 min
May 11, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan, Vigo	50 min
May 11, 6:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Rush	3 hr
May 11, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	41 min
May 11, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen	52 min
May 11, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	49 min
May 11, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	49 min
May 11, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	31 min
May 11, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Morgan	49 min
May 11, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.