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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 25, 2014, 6:52 PM EDT for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2014, 6:52 PM EDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2014, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 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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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 25, 6:30 PM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 6:30 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 INZ041-042-049-051>057-060>065-067>072-262045- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 445 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF DOWNPOURS. HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. HEAT INTO EARLY EVENING. DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE CONCERNS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MID WEEK AND REMAIN IN THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THROUGH THE PERIOD. .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) INZ021-028>031-035>040-043>048-262045- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS- MARION-HANCOCK- 445 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS. HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. HEAT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE CONCERNS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA MID WEEK AND REMAIN IN THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THROUGH THE PERIOD. .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)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 5:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
531 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014
INZ021-030-031-252215-
CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-
531 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CLINTON...CARROLL AND
WESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
FRANKFORT...
DELPHI...
YEOMAN...
CAMDEN...
FLORA...
BURLINGTON...
ROSSVILLE...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.
&&
LAT...LON 4074 8653 4070 8652 4070 8638 4057 8636
4056 8614 4026 8650 4046 8670 4056 8670
4056 8678 4066 8678 4067 8676 4073 8676
4074 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 310DEG 20KT 4076 8666
TDUDLocal storm report, Aug 25, 6:42 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Morgan | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Marion | 30 min |
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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.