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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 2, 2014Greene County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Sep 2, 2014, 2:40 AM EDT for Greene 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: Sep 2, 2014, 2:40 AM EDT (06:40 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2014, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Greene County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Sep 2, 12:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 12:02 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 5:15 PM EDT, 9 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EDT MON SEP 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-
515 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING. A FEW
STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE WEATHER AT
THIS TIME.

HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL

TIMING: BEST CHANCES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE AFTER MIDNIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT FROM THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TO NORTHERN
MISSOURI WILL MOVE TO CENTRAL INDIANA LATE TONIGHT.

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

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND AGAIN AT TIMES
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCING LOCALIZED
FLOODING...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE CONCERNS
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: AN EXITING COLD FRONT WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
AROUND ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL
STORM CHANCES THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION LATE TONIGHT.

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

JH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 2, 2:40 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
240 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

INZ053-061-020730-
GREENE-OWEN-
240 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR GREENE AND SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 AM EDT...

AT 238 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINTON...OR 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE
HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 30 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 AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BLOOMFIELD...
  SWITZ CITY...
  WORTHINGTON...
  FREEDOM...
  SOLSBERRY...

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 3917 8713 3917 8706 3919 8705 3925 8668
      3892 8668 3897 8720 3916 8721
TIME...MOT...LOC 0640Z 268DEG 25KT 3907 8708

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 2, 2:24 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan	3 hr
Sep 2, 2:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	51 min
Sep 2, 3:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen	3 hr
Sep 2, 4:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Rush and 1 more	3 hr
Sep 2, 5:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	3 hr
Sep 2, 6:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen	3 hr

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.