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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 2014Hancock County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at May 13, 2014, 2:39 PM EDT for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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 13, 2014, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2014, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Hancock County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 209 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1231 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 13, 2:23 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 2:23 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 13, 3:36 AM EDT, 11 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
336 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>063-067>069-140745-
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-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-
336 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL.

TIMING: STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL RAIN
AND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

OUTLOOK: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DISCUSSION: RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE
WORK WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE AND A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS INDIANA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

INZ064-065-070>072-140745-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
336 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL.

TIMING: STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A WARM UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL RAIN
AND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

OUTLOOK: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON
WEDNESDAY

DISCUSSION: AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON
WEDNESDAY...WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
CENTRAL INDIANA MAY RESULT IN AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM ANY STORM WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

&&

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

PUMA

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 2:05 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 13, 2:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 1:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan35 min
May 13, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton27 min
May 13, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware47 min
May 13, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDShelby49 min
May 13, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush44 min
May 13, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess, Martin45 min
May 13, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin42 min
May 13, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDShelby51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2014Every special weather statement 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.