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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 2014Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2014, 6:26 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2014, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 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.

751 
WUUS53 KIND 112226
SVRIND
INC139-112315-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0021.140511T2226Z-140511T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 622 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...MILROY...NEW SALEM AND GLENWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE
WEATHER...INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS AND TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM...A BATHROOM OR CLOSET...OR BASEMENT.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3947 8529 3949 8547 3952 8562 3963 8557
      3963 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 273DEG 20KT 3955 8550

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

RYAN

2 follow-up statements

110 
WWUS53 KIND 112240
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
640 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

INC139-112315-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140511T2315Z/
RUSH IN-
640 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN RUSH
COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM EDT...

AT 636 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHVILLE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
NEW SALEM.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3947 8529 3951 8552 3962 8553 3962 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 273DEG 20KT 3955 8539

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

RYAN

171 
WWUS53 KIND 112310
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

INC139-112320-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140511T2315Z/
RUSH IN-
710 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY WILL 
EXPIRE AT 715 PM EDT...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3947 8529 3951 8552 3962 8553 3962 8529
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 273DEG 20KT 3953 8517

$$

RYAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 4:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Sullivan, Vigo	52 min
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, 6:56 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

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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.