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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 5, 2014Montgomery County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2014, 3:48 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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 5, 2014, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Montgomery County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1924 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2014-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1924 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 3:30 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 3:45 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
345 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-061945-
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-
345 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100.

TIMING: MOST LIKELY TIMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS THIS EVENING.
HIGH HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH LATE
TODAY...MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT
WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. OTHERWISE DRY
AND COOLER WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE LATE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TUESDAY AND CONTINUE FOR
MUCH OF THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: LINGERING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES SOUTH. COOLER AND
DRIER WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. ANOTHER FRONT WILL BRING
STORM CHANCES BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF THE
REST OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

INZ060>065-067>072-061945-
SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
345 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE RULE THIS AFTERNOON
WITH HEAT INDEXES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100. THERE WILL BE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH A FEW
STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE.

HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100.

TIMING: MOST LIKELY TIMING FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM LATE
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. HIGH HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY EVENING.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH LATE
TODAY...MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT
WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS THE
FRONT CONTINUES SOUTH...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TUESDAY AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF
THE REST OF NEXT WEEK. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: LINGERING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY AS THE COLD FRONT CONTINUES SOUTH. COOLER AND
DRIER WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. ANOTHER FRONT WILL BRING
STORM CHANCES BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF THE
REST OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:48 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
348 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

INZ035-036-052030-
FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
348 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN AND WESTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTH OF ROCKVILLE...OR 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WALLACE...
  SHADES STATE PARK...
  ALAMO...
  WAYNETOWN...
  NEW MARKET...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO 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.

VERY HEAVY 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 4013 8703 3996 8689 3990 8709 3995 8709
      3995 8720 3998 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 232DEG 12KT 3995 8714

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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.