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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 23, 2014, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Fountain County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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 121 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
- 2964 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 Aug 23, 3:24 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:24 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 3:34 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 334 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2014 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-241000- 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- 334 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. HEAT INDICES FROM THE MID 90S TO LOWER 100S ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-70. HAZARDS: MAIN THREATS WILL BE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCING FLOODING. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM AS WELL. A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY HAVE GUSTY WINDS. HEAT INDICES FROM THE MID 90S TO LOWER 100S. TIMING: HEAVY RAIN FROM STORMS IS POSSIBLE ANY TIME. HIGHEST HEAT INDICES WILL OCCUR THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONT REMAINING ACROSS THE REGION WILL PROVIDE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE CONCERNS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE NATION INTO EARLY WEEK...BRINGING THE WARMEST WEATHER OF THE SUMMER ALONG WITH DRY CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES WILL RETURN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS A COLD FRONT SAGS INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING CAUSED BY STORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 109 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2014 INZ051>053-060>065-067>072-240000- VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS... VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 109 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2014 ...VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON... TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S AND LOWER 100S THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR THE OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. RYAN
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
410 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2014
INZ035-036-232100-
FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
410 PM EDT SAT AUG 23 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR EASTERN FOUNTAIN AND NORTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILLIAMSPORT...OR 22 MILES EAST OF
DANVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
NEWTOWN...
MELLOTT...
WINGATE...
HILLSBORO...
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.
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LAT...LON 4026 8729 4028 8728 4031 8721 4024 8709
4021 8709 4021 8705 4015 8695 4003 8720
4025 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 319DEG 19KT 4025 8723
KOCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 8:42 PM EDT | River Flood Watch | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 7 days |
| Aug 22, 9:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 7 days |
| Aug 23, 3:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 7 hr |
| Aug 23, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 6:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Montgomery, Morgan, Owen and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Marion | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Owen | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Howard, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 7:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Brown, Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan | 3 hr |
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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.