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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 2015Johnson County, Morgan County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2015, 10:15 PM EDT for Johnson County, Morgan County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2015, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2015, 10:48 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Johnson County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 10:22 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Martinsville, IN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:22 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 1504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -181 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 14.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

529 
WUUS53 KIND 140215
SVRIND
INC081-109-119-140300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0101.150714T0215Z-150714T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1015 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1013 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOORESVILLE
  MVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8669 3955 8665 3960 8665 3959 8656
      3960 8647 3962 8646 3963 8640 3963 8632
      3936 8596 3934 8637 3934 8663 3936 8665
      3933 8666 3933 8668 3932 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 302DEG 73KT 3915 8545

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JK

5 follow-up statements

398 
WWUS53 KIND 140220
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1020 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

INC081-109-119-140300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150714T0300Z/
OWEN IN-MORGAN IN-JOHNSON IN-
1020 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
JOHNSON...MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1015 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
OSGOOD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 85 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 
WHEN THIS STORM CROSSED EXTREME SOUTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8669 3955 8665 3960 8665 3959 8656
      3960 8647 3962 8646 3963 8640 3963 8632
      3936 8596 3934 8637 3934 8663 3936 8665
      3933 8666 3933 8668 3932 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 302DEG 73KT 3909 8534

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JK

226 
WWUS53 KIND 140225
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1025 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

INC081-109-119-140300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150714T0300Z/
OWEN IN-MORGAN IN-JOHNSON IN-
1025 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
JOHNSON...MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1021 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VERSAILLES...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 85 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. SIXTY MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN 
MARTINSVILLE.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8669 3955 8665 3960 8665 3959 8656
      3960 8647 3962 8646 3963 8640 3963 8632
      3936 8596 3934 8637 3934 8663 3936 8665
      3933 8666 3933 8668 3932 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 302DEG 73KT 3903 8523

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
JK

196 
WWUS53 KIND 140234 CCA
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1025 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

INC081-109-119-140300-
/O.COR.KIND.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150714T0300Z/
OWEN IN-MORGAN IN-JOHNSON IN-
1025 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
JOHNSON...MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1021 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VERSAILLES...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. SIXTY MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN 
MARTINSVILLE.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8669 3955 8665 3960 8665 3959 8656
      3960 8647 3962 8646 3963 8640 3963 8632
      3936 8596 3934 8637 3934 8663 3936 8665
      3933 8666 3933 8668 3932 8669
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 302DEG 73KT 3903 8523

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
JK

750 
WWUS53 KIND 140243
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1043 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

INC109-119-140252-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150714T0300Z/
OWEN IN-MORGAN IN-
1043 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN OWEN
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3936 8600 3936 8601 3935 8618 3935 8625
      3936 8624 3944 8609 3944 8608 3936 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 302DEG 73KT 3883 8483

$$

INC081-140300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150714T0300Z/
JOHNSON IN-
1043 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
JOHNSON COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

AT 1041 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ABOUT 10 
MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3936 8600 3936 8601 3935 8618 3935 8625
      3936 8624 3944 8609 3944 8608 3936 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 302DEG 73KT 3883 8483

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

JK

908 
WWUS53 KIND 140248
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1048 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

INC081-140258-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-150714T0300Z/
JOHNSON IN-
1048 PM EDT MON JUL 13 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT.

LAT...LON 3936 8600 3936 8601 3935 8618 3935 8625
      3936 8624 3944 8609 3944 8608 3936 8596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 302DEG 73KT 3876 8470

$$

JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	46 min
Jul 13, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	3 hr
Jul 13, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	46 min
Jul 13, 8:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	24 min
Jul 13, 8:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	36 min
Jul 13, 9:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	3 hr
Jul 13, 9:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	50 min
Jul 13, 9:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	19 min
Jul 13, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Morgan, Owen	41 min
Jul 13, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Shelby	37 min
Jul 13, 9:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	4 hr
Jul 13, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks	15 min
Jul 13, 10:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton	4 hr
Jul 13, 10:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson	44 min
Jul 13, 10:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton	4 hr
Jul 13, 10:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Morgan	5 hr
Jul 13, 10:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	5 hr
Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Owen	56 hr
Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	23 hr
Jul 13, 11:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	7 days
Jul 13, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown	23 min
Jul 13, 11:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	19 min
Jul 13, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown	19 min
Jul 13, 11:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	4 hr
Jul 14, 12:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Shelby	3 hr
Jul 14, 1:15 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Randolph	6 hr
Jul 14, 1:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	7 days
Jul 14, 1:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Marion	18 hr
Jul 14, 2:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	23 min
Jul 14, 2:16 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Montgomery	13 hr
Jul 14, 4:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	4 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	16 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion, Morgan	60 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Marion	21 hr
Jul 14, 4:30 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Jennings, Washington	19 hr
Jul 14, 5:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Shelby	4 hr
Jul 14, 5:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	23 min
Jul 14, 7:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson, Jennings	24 hr
Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Jackson	53 hr
Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Dubois, Martin, Pike	10 days
Jul 14, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	33 hr
Jul 14, 1:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Putnam	26 hr
Jul 14, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Scott	19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.