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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2015, 3:47 PM EDT for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 13 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 3, 2015, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
790
WUUS53 KIND 031947
SVRIND
INC135-032015-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0122.150803T1947Z-150803T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
347 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 346 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
HAGERSTOWN...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF CAMBRIDGE CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LOSANTVILLE AND MODOC.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 8502 4000 8521 4002 8521 4006 8518
4001 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 306DEG 22KT 3999 8516
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KOCH1 follow-up statement
870
WWUS53 KIND 032000
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
INC135-032009-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-150803T2015Z/
RANDOLPH IN-
400 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4000 8502 4000 8521 4002 8521 4006 8518
4001 8501
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 306DEG 22KT 3994 8507
$$
KOCHWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 3:09 PM EDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 3:09 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 309 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 .UPDATE... THE SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM AND SHORT TERM SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED BELOW. && .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 306 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 A COLD FRONT WILL BRING CHANCES OF RAIN TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN LATE THURSDAY. MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA WILL THEN SEE DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO BELOW AVERAGE BY THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /REST OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT/... ISSUED AT 306 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 A STALLED COLD FRONT OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA...ALONG WITH SOARING TEMPERATURES AND INSTABILITY WILL AIDE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF WHICH COULD REACH THE FAR SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 00Z. HAVE LEFT LOW POPS IN FOR THIS AREA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...THEN DRY FOR TONIGHT. SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT AT LEAST NORTH OF I 70. MOS BLEND SEEMS REASONABLE GIVEN THE CONDITIONS FOR LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S (FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES) TO MID 60S (SOUTH). && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 306 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 ON TUESDAY THE FRONT WILL MEANDER TO THE SOUTH JUST FAR ENOUGH TO GO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST BY LATER TUESDAY EVENING...KEEPING THE BULK OF THE AREA DRY THROUGH EARLY DURING THE DAY. BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY THE FORCING WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. THIS TROUGH WILL INTERACT WITH THE SURFACE FRONT TO GENERATE INCREASING CHANCES OF RAIN...WITH THE BEST SHOT OF RAIN THIS PERIOD DURING THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY TIME PERIOD. WENT WITH CATEGORICAL POPS FOR ALL LOCATIONS AT ONE POINT DURING THIS 24 HOUR TIME FRAME. VERY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER IN EXCESS OF 2 TO 2.5 INCHES COULD ALLOW FOR A COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN. FOR NOW HAVE UP TO AN INCH IN THE FORECAST BUT RAINFALL TOTALS WILL LIKELY CHANGE AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT. GENERALLY STUCK WITH A MOS BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER DID MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ON WED NIGHT INTO THU TO ACCOUNT FOR THE ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... ISSUED AT 232 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 REGIONAL INITIALIZATION LOOKS GOOD AND FOLLOWS THE MODELS WELL. THE PERIOD WILL BEGIN WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITING THE AREA TO THE EAST. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE THAT WILL CONTINUE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. DRY WEATHER WILL THEN MOVE IN AS THE LARGE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST PUSHES EASTWARD OVER TEXAS AND EXPANDS...CAUSING RIDGING TO EFFECT CENTRAL INDIANA. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN FOR MONDAY AS ANOTHER WAVE APPROACHES FROM THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL TO START THE PERIOD...BUT WILL REBOUND BACK TO SEASONAL NORMALS BY SUNDAY NIGHT AS WE MOVE OUT OF THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN. && .AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR THE 031800Z TAFS/... ISSUED AT 1247 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 12 HOURS...WITH MVFR FOG POSSIBLE AFT 040900Z. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS EXITING CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND A FEW LINGERING CU CLOUDS WERE FOUND ALONG WITH IT. AS HEATING CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON AND THE TROUGH PASSES...THE CU IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE AS DRIER AIR ARRIVES ON NW WINDS. BY 00Z HEATING WILL BE LOST AND WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE AREA...PROVIDING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. THIS WILL BE A GOOD SET UP FOR FOG...PARTICULARLY AT LAF...AS RAIN FELL THERE LAST NIGHT AND TO A LESSER DEGREE...HUF AND BMG WHERE TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT COOLER. AT THAT TIME SOME MVFR FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ON TUESDAY MORNING CONTINUE TO SHOW A DRY COLUMN WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. THUS EXPECTED A RETURN TO VFR WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AS MORNING FOG DISSIPATES WITH SCT CU DEVELOPMENT BY LATE MORNING. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SMF NEAR TERM...SMF SHORT TERM...SMF LONG TERM....MMB/PUMA AVIATION...JP
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 6:24 AM EDT, 9 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS 624 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>040-043>047-051-052-054-055-041030- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE- TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION- VIGO-CLAY-MORGAN-JOHNSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE 624 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DISCUSSION: A LITTLE DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PART OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND TO MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. MORE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY. LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: FRONTAL SYSTEMS AND UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO CENTRAL INDIANA FOR MUCH OF THE 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) INZ041-042-048-049-053-056-057-060>065-041030- DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-HANCOCK-HENRY-OWEN-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE- MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNCIE...SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON... COLUMBUS 624 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING. TIMING: THROUGH 800 PM. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WILL GENERATE SOME THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PART OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND TO MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. MORE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY. LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: FRONTAL SYSTEMS AND UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO CENTRAL INDIANA FOR MUCH OF THE 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) INZ067>072-041030- KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 624 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...AND SOME COULD BE STRONG. HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING. TIMING: THROUGH 1100 PM. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND WILL GENERATE SOME THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO PART OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND TO MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. MORE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY. LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN ARE A THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: FRONTAL SYSTEMS AND UPPER AIR DISTURBANCES WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO CENTRAL INDIANA FOR MUCH OF THE 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, Aug 3, 3:14 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
314 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
INZ041-042-049-032000-
RANDOLPH IN-HENRY IN-DELAWARE IN-
314 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HENRY...SOUTHEASTERN
DELAWARE AND SOUTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...
AT 313 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MUNCIE...MOORELAND...LOSANTVILLE...MODOC...SPRINGPORT...
BLOUNTSVILLE...PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR AND SUMMIT LAKE STATE PARK.
LAT...LON 4000 8503 4000 8520 3993 8520 4010 8551
4019 8543 4012 8497
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 290DEG 17KT 4009 8533
KOCHLocal storm report, Aug 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
345 PM EDT MON AUG 03 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0330 PM HAIL MODOC 40.04N 85.13W
08/03/2015 E1.25 INCH RANDOLPH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
LAW ENFORCEMENT ON A CALL OBSERVED THIS
&&
BHHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 3:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Henry | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 28 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.