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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 14, 2014Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT for Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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 14, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 Nw Covington, IN
Jul 14, 3:27 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	2 Ne Veedersburg, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 27 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 12:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

261 
WUUS53 KIND 141845
SVRIND
INC045-171-141945-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0093.140714T1845Z-140714T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
245 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 243 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF ROSSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COVINGTON...WILLIAMSPORT...VEEDERSBURG...PENCE...TAB...FOSTER...
  WEST LEBANON...RAINSVILLE...ATTICA...NEWTOWN...MELLOTT AND
  HILLSBORO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4047 8753 4039 8709 4009 8710 4014 8747
      4015 8749 4015 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 283DEG 24KT 4027 8758

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PUMA

4 follow-up statements

161 
WWUS53 KIND 141912
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
312 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

INC045-171-141945-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-140714T1945Z/
WARREN IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
312 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
FOUNTAIN AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 308 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
COVINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COVINGTON...WILLIAMSPORT...VEEDERSBURG...RAINSVILLE...ATTICA...
NEWTOWN...MELLOTT AND HILLSBORO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 8752 4036 8753 4045 8740 4039 8709
      4009 8710 4014 8747 4015 8749 4015 8752
      4026 8752 4031 8753 4035 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 282DEG 34KT 4023 8739

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PUMA

857 
WWUS53 KIND 141926
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
326 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

INC045-171-141945-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-140714T1945Z/
WARREN IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
326 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN
FOUNTAIN AND SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 324 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WILLIAMSPORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTOWN...MELLOTT AND HILLSBORO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 11 AND 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4023 8742 4039 8735 4039 8709 4009 8710
      4014 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 292DEG 32KT 4020 8722

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PUMA

426 
WWUS53 KIND 141936
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
336 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

INC045-171-141945-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-140714T1945Z/
WARREN IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
336 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
FOUNTAIN AND EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 332 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF VEEDERSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4039 8709 4009 8710 4013 8732 4025 8723
      4036 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 279DEG 37KT 4016 8709

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PUMA

095 
WWUS53 KIND 141942
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
342 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

INC045-171-141953-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-140714T1945Z/
WARREN IN-FOUNTAIN IN-
342 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN AND EAST
CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT/245 PM CDT/...

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

LAT...LON 4039 8709 4009 8710 4013 8732 4025 8723
      4036 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 279DEG 37KT 4015 8701

$$

PUMA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:30 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
230 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

.UPDATE...
THE SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM...AND SHORT TERM SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED
BELOW.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT. BEHIND
THE FRONT WILL COME UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR. THE COOL AIR WILL SLOWLY
MODERATE INTO THE WEEKEND WITH HIGH PRESSURE PROVIDING DRY
CONDITIONS.

&&

.NEAR TERM /REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT/...

ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

THUNDERSTORMS WILL WORK ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND
SOME OF THEM COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT.
LATEST TIMING OF THESE STORMS PUT MOST OF THEM THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA BY 00Z.

HOWEVER...REGIONAL RADAR STILL SHOWS ADDITIONAL RAIN IN MISSOURI
BEHIND THE MAIN LINE. MODELS STILL INDICATING THREAT FOR RAIN AFTER
00Z AS WELL. GIVEN THESE WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA THIS EVENING...WITH ALL POPS ENDING BY 06Z.

SKIES WILL THEN BE PARTLY CLOUDY. MAV MOS LOOKS GOOD FOR LOW
TEMPERATURES WITH COOLER AIR MOVING IN.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...

ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

FOCUS IS ON TEMPERATURES FIRST THEN ON ANY CHANCES FOR RAIN. MODELS
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT A BLEND WAS USED.

CORE OF COLD AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE IN ON TUESDAY AND ALLOW CUMULUS
CLOUDS TO QUICKLY DEVELOP IN THE MORNING. THESE WILL HELP KEEP
TEMPERATURES COOL...BUT STILL FEEL THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SUNSHINE TO
GET TEMPERATURES TO NEAR A BLEND OF MAV/MET MOS. THESE HIGHS WILL BE
CLOSE TO RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR THE DATE.

CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES TUESDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES
TO DIP INTO THE 50S...CLOSE TO A MODEL BLEND. ON WEDNESDAY THE CORE
OF THE COLD AIR WILL HAVE MOVED OFF...AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO GET A LITTLE WARMER /BUT STILL WELL BELOW AVERAGE/.
THINK MOS MAY BE WARMING UP THINGS TOO FAST SO STUCK CLOSER TO A RAW
MODEL BLEND.

TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE MORE ON THURSDAY AND SHOULD REACH THE MID
70S.

AS FOR CHANCES OF RAIN...EVEN THOUGH COLD CORE MOVES OVER ON TUESDAY
INSTABILITY IS LOW ENOUGH THAT CHANCES OF RAIN WILL BE LOW ENOUGH
NOT TO MENTION. MODELS SHOW MORE INSTABILITY ON WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH
PERHAPS SOME UPPER FORCING...ESPECIALLY NORTH. HOWEVER STILL FEEL
THAT ODDS OF SHOWERS IN CENTRAL INDIANA ARE TOO LOW TO MENTION YET.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THURSDAY DRY.

&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...

ISSUED AT 143 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

ECMWF AND GFS BOTH DEPICT A CONTINUATION OF THE DRY AND COOLER
THAN NORMAL WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY
MOVES EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. AS THE HIGH SLOWLY PROGRESSES
EASTWARD...WARMER...RETURN FLOW WILL BRING HUMIDITY AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES EACH DAY BACK TOWARD CENTRAL INDIANA.

BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THIS TIME WILL BE MONDAY AS
THE ECMWF SHOWS A SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH INDIANA...HOWEVER THE
GFS FAILS TO SHOW THIS FEATURE. THUS CONFIDENCE IS LOW AND WILL
USE JUST A SLIGHT CHC OF POPS FOR NOW AS AT LEAST WARMER AND MORE
HUMID AIR SHOULD BE IN PLACE.

&&

.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 141800Z TAFS/...

ISSUED AT 1233 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TAF SITES ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE TO
MVFR OR WORSE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT OVER ILLINOIS PUSHES
A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.

IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...A RETURN TO VFR IS EXPECTED AS
SUBSIDENCE AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION LATE
TONIGHT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A DRY COLUMN LATE TONIGHT AND
INTO EARLY TUESDAY.

ON TUESDAY...FORECAST SOUNDINGS REVEAL CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOW 60S THAT WILL EASILY BE REACHED AND BKN VFR SC CIGS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...50
NEAR TERM...50
SHORT TERM...50
LONG TERM....PUMA
AVIATION...JP

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 10:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 AM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-151415-
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-
1010 AM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

HAZARDS: STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING.

TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WILL BE FROM 300 PM TO 1000 PM.

DISCUSSION: A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA
TODAY AND DROP SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DISCUSSION: UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH
OF THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY
EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	51 min
Jul 14, 3:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	44 min
Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery	68 min
Jul 14, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Parke, Putnam	41 min
Jul 14, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 2 more	47 min
Jul 14, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.