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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 27, 2014Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2014, 4:13 PM EDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Hendricks County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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: 1923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 27, 3:14 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:14 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 4:40 AM EDT, 11 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
440 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-281000-
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-
440 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLATED TORNADOES...HEAVY
RAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING AND LIGHTNING.

TIMING: TODAY.

DISCUSSION: AN UPPER WAVE AND COLD FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MID
TO LATE WEEK.

DISCUSSION: MUCH COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL MOVE IN TO START
THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

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

KOCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 10:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 27, 11:28 AM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 11:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 27, 11:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1158 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       7 NE SEYMOUR            39.03N  85.79W
07/27/2014  E3.25 INCH       JENNINGS           IN   PUBLIC

            3.25 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED 2 SE OF REDDINGTON FROM 9
            PM LAST NIGHT TO 11 AM TODAY. MOST RAIN FELL AFTER 6 AM.

&&

LEE

Local storm report, Jul 27, 2:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
207 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SW PARAGON            39.36N  86.60W
07/27/2014  M1.00 INCH       MORGAN             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE INCH OF RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNINGS STORMS.

&&

LEE

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
413 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

INZ036-045-046-272100-
HENDRICKS-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-
413 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR HENDRICKS...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DANVILLE...
  BROWNSBURG...
  PLAINFIELD...
  LADOGA...
  ROACHDALE...
  CARPENTERSVILLE...
  GROVELAND...
  NORTH SALEM...
  LIZTON...
  PITTSBORO...
  CLAYTON...
  AVON...

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 4001 8699 3996 8669 3992 8669 3993 8653
      3989 8633 3963 8633 3983 8701 3987 8701
      3987 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 292DEG 40KT 3989 8692

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 4:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke, Vermillion	44 min
Jul 27, 4:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	26 min
Jul 27, 5:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam	42 min
Jul 27, 7:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 27, 8:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	3 hr
Jul 27, 9:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Carroll	23 min
Jul 27, 9:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Carroll	12 min
Jul 27, 9:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings	6 hr
Jul 27, 9:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Howard	34 min
Jul 27, 10:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware, Randolph	44 min
Jul 27, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	47 min
Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	35 min
Jul 27, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam	41 min
Jul 27, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Tipton	45 min
Jul 27, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	49 min
Jul 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Shelby	51 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.