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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 1, 20144 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2014, 12:29 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 46 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: Jul 1, 2014, 12:29 AM EDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2014, 1:15 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

Counties Carroll County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 3809 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.4
Supercell composite: 27.2

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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 Jul 1, 12:05 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 12:05 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 10:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1001 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-011015-
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-
1001 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED
TORNADOES...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

TIMING: GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST AFTER 100
AM EDT.

DISCUSSION: A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT
LAKES TONIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO EXPAND INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.

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

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS
A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL WAVES AND A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVE THROUGH
CENTRAL INDIANA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE FRONT WITH
COOLER AND MUCH DRIER WEATHER FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 100 AM EDT.

&&

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, Jul 1, 12:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1229 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

INZ021-028>031-035-036-043-010515-
CARROLL-CLINTON-FOUNTAIN-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-TIPPECANOE-VERMILLION-
WARREN-
1229 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CLINTON...CARROLL...
FOUNTAIN...WESTERN HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...TIPPECANOE...
NORTHWESTERN VERMILLION AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM EDT...

AT 1226 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LOGANSPORT TO OXFORD TO 27 MILES WEST OF FITHIAN...AND MOVING EAST
AT 60 MPH.

THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LAFAYETTE...
  WEST LAFAYETTE...
  DELPHI...
  WILLIAMSPORT...
  COVINGTON...
  VEEDERSBURG...
  PENCE...
  PINE VILLAGE...
  RAINSVILLE...
  YEOMAN...
  BATTLE GROUND...
  WEST LEBANON...
  STATE LINE CITY...
  PURDUE UNIVERSITY...
  ATTICA...
  CAMDEN...
  SHADELAND...
  FLORA...
  FOSTER...
  DAYTON...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THIS AREA UNTIL 4 AM. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

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 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8638 4057 8636
      4056 8607 4042 8625 3996 8745 3996 8754
      4044 8753 4049 8742 4048 8710 4057 8709
      4057 8678 4074 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 0428Z 279DEG 52KT 4099 8652 4052 8714
          4005 8835

RYAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 1:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more	39 min
Jul 1, 1:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	23 min
Jul 1, 1:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Tipton	47 min
Jul 1, 1:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Montgomery, Putnam	50 min
Jul 1, 2:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	31 min
Jul 1, 2:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry and 6 more	59 min
Jul 1, 3:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	38 min
Jul 1, 3:29 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	31 min
Jul 1, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence, Martin	37 min
Jul 1, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	42 min
Jul 1, 6:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Lawrence, Martin	3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2014 Every 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.