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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2014, 4:39 PM EDT for Knox 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
- Jun 1, 2014, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 319 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:25 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 5:57 AM EDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 557 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-021000- 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- 557 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. SMALL HAIL. GUSTY WINDS. TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: WARM HUMID AIR WILL BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. A FEW ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. DISCUSSION: THE RETURN OF WARM AND MOIST AIR...UPPER DISTURBANCES IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION CAN NOT BE RULED OUT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:31 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 431 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 INZ051-012100- VIGO- 431 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS VIGO COUNTY... AT 427 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS VIGO COUNTY. ONE WAS JUST WEST OF TERRE HAUTE WHILE THE OTHER WAS SOUTHWEST OF RILEY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL...WIND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. 50
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
439 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014
INZ067-068-012115-
DAVIESS-KNOX-
439 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DAVIESS AND CENTRAL KNOX
COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT...
AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PETERSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...
MONROE CITY...
WHEATLAND...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3854 8735 3854 8736 3852 8736 3851 8737
3854 8740 3852 8741 3853 8745 3873 8735
3869 8712 3855 8720 3853 8722 3854 8725
3852 8726 3850 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 199DEG 18KT 3854 8734
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 112 min |
| Jun 1, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock | 31 min |
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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.