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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 21, 20144 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2014, 3:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 42 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 21, 2014, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 806 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
806 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

126 
WUUS53 KIND 211918
SVRIND
INC045-107-121-165-212000-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0039.140521T1918Z-140521T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
318 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 315 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF VEEDERSBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WALLACE...ALAMO...SHADES STATE PARK AND NEW MARKET.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 11.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4013 8748 4013 8741 4013 8740 4015 8744
      4017 8744 3997 8686 3986 8689 3998 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 293DEG 27KT 4001 8717

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PUMA
3 follow-up statements
664 
WWUS53 KIND 211931
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
331 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

INC165-211941-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140521T2000Z/
VERMILLION IN-
331 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL VERMILLION
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4013 8735 3997 8686 3986 8689 3986 8690
      3997 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 109DEG 45KT 4005 8736

$$

INC045-107-121-212000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140521T2000Z/
PARKE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
331 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
FOUNTAIN...SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL PARKE COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 329 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF VEEDERSBURG...AND MOVING WEST AT 50 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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 11.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4013 8735 3997 8686 3986 8689 3986 8690
      3997 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 109DEG 45KT 4005 8736

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

$$

LEE/PUMA
422 
WWUS53 KIND 211942
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
342 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

INC045-107-121-212000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140521T2000Z/
PARKE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
342 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FOUNTAIN...SOUTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL PARKE COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 338 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
VEEDERSBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
WALLACE...ALAMO...SHADES STATE PARK AND NEW MARKET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4011 8730 3997 8686 3986 8689 3986 8691
      3997 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 287DEG 20KT 4002 8725

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

$$

LEE/PUMA
700 
WWUS53 KIND 211954
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
354 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

INC045-107-121-212000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140521T2000Z/
PARKE IN-MONTGOMERY IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
354 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
FOUNTAIN...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTH CENTRAL PARKE COUNTIES UNTIL
400 PM EDT...

AT 353 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF VEEDERSBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
ALAMO...SHADES STATE PARK AND NEW MARKET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4007 8720 3997 8686 3986 8689 3986 8692
      3989 8704 3994 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 297DEG 30KT 3995 8713

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

$$

LEE/PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tippecanoe43 min
May 21, 2:05 PM EDTTornado WarningINDClinton25 min
May 21, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton24 min
May 21, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton37 min
May 21, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery45 min
May 21, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone35 min
May 21, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan34 min
May 21, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Marion31 min
May 21, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone50 min
May 21, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion43 min
May 21, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam33 min
May 21, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion, Shelby25 min
May 21, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Marion49 min
May 21, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion22 min
May 21, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Shelby28 min
May 21, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren21 min
May 21, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam20 min
May 21, 4:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby3 hr
May 21, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke29 min
May 21, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren19 min
May 21, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam47 min
May 21, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Shelby32 min
May 21, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan29 min
May 21, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam32 min
May 21, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke30 min
May 21, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby30 min
May 21, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Morgan43 min
May 21, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam35 min
May 21, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke33 min
May 21, 5:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion4 hr
May 21, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur16 min
May 21, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur31 min
May 21, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks33 min
May 21, 6:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion4 hr
May 21, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby28 min
May 21, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings30 min
May 21, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.