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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 7, 2014Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2014, 5:12 PM EDT for Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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: Oct 7, 2014, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

Counties Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

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: 19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 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 Oct 7, 4:39 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 4:39 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 4:03 AM EDT, 13 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
403 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

INZ045>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-080815-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
403 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE.

HAZARDS: WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...HAIL...LIGHTNING.

TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE 800 PM. BEST CHANCES FOR
STRONG STORMS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

DISCUSSION: AN UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY
BRINGING SHOWERS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

OUTLOOK: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY
THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: A FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA STARTING THURSDAY
AND WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR RAIN AROUND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.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>044-080815-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
403 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY.

HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...LIGHTNING.

TIMING: BEFORE 800 PM.

DISCUSSION: AN UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY
BRINGING SHOWERS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

OUTLOOK: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY
THUNDERSTORM.

DISCUSSION: A FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA STARTING THURSDAY
AND WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR RAIN AROUND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.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, Oct 7, 12:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1200 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

INZ051>053-060-061-071645-
CLAY-GREENE-OWEN-SULLIVAN-VIGO-
1200 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CLAY...NORTHWESTERN
GREENE...WESTERN OWEN...SULLIVAN AND SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTIES UNTIL
1245 PM EDT...

AT 1158 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF
TERRE HAUTE TO EATON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  SULLIVAN...
  PIMENTO...
  FAIRBANKS...
  RILEY...
  FARMERSBURG...
  GRAYSVILLE...
  CORY...
  SHELBURN...
  MEROM...
  SALINE CITY...
  TURTLE CREEK RESERVOIR...
  HYMERA...
  CLAY CITY...
  COALMONT...
  JASONVILLE...
  COAL CITY...
  PAXTON...
  DUGGER...
  VICKSBURG...
  CARLISLE...

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8765 3922 8758 3924 8758 3926 8761
      3931 8761 3944 8739 3937 8693 3890 8727
      3890 8733 3899 8758 3906 8758 3908 8762
      3910 8762 3911 8766 3912 8764 3913 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 1600Z 291DEG 23KT 3935 8736 3911 8777

RYAN

Local storm report, Oct 7, 12:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1254 PM EDT TUE OCT 07 2014

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

1243 PM     TSTM WND GST     LINTON                  39.04N  87.16W
10/07/2014  E45 MPH          GREENE             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            40 TO 45 MPH WINDS WERE OBSERVED ALONG WITH PEA SIZED
            HAIL. THREE INCHES OF WATER COVERED HWY 54 IN SPOTS IN
            LINTON.

&&

LEE

Local storm report, Oct 7, 1:24 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 7, 1:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 7, 1:37 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 7, 5:12 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 10:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	19 min
Oct 7, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	45 min
Oct 7, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	32 min
Oct 7, 12:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin	50 min
Oct 7, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	28 min
Oct 7, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Morgan, Putnam	48 min
Oct 7, 5:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	61 min
Oct 7, 6:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Morgan, Owen, Putnam	23 min
Oct 7, 6:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	30 min
Oct 7, 7:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe, Morgan	7 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.