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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 2, 20156 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2015, 7:12 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 4 reports 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: Apr 2, 2015, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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
Apr 2, 7:12 PM EDT	HAIL 1.5	Oaktown, IN	SIZE BASED ON PHOTO
Apr 2, 7:25 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	1 N Freelandville, IN	RELAYED FROM FIRE CHIEF
Apr 2, 7:30 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Crane, IN
Apr 2, 7:45 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	Worthington, IN	HAIL LASTED A FEW MINUTES

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 352 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

363 
WUUS53 KIND 022312
SVRIND
INC021-027-055-083-101-153-030000-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0002.150402T2312Z-150403T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
712 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 710 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  RUSSELLVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
  LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...WHEATLAND...CARLISLE...BICKNELL...PAXTON...
  FREELANDVILLE...EDWARDSPORT...PLEASANTVILLE...PLAINVILLE...
  DUGGER...SANDBORN...VICKSBURG...ELNORA...JASONVILLE...LYONS...
  ODON...NEWBERRY...SWITZ CITY AND BURNS CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 8752 3922 8714 3920 8705 3917 8705
      3917 8704 3917 8693 3912 8675 3881 8670
      3862 8732 3888 8755 3889 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 252DEG 38KT 3885 8742

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

$$

TDUD

4 follow-up statements

480 
WWUS53 KIND 022325
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
725 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

INC021-027-055-083-101-153-030000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/
SULLIVAN IN-MARTIN IN-KNOX IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-CLAY IN-
725 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CLAY...NORTHERN DAVIESS...GREENE...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...NORTHERN
MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 723 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LINTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 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...
LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...PLEASANTVILLE...PLAINVILLE...DUGGER...
SANDBORN...VICKSBURG...ELNORA...JASONVILLE...LYONS...ODON...
NEWBERRY...SWITZ CITY...BURNS CITY...CRANE...WORTHINGTON...INDIAN
SPRINGS...SOLSBERRY AND OWENSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3893 8752 3922 8714 3920 8705 3917 8705
      3917 8704 3917 8693 3912 8675 3881 8670
      3862 8732 3888 8755 3889 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 252DEG 38KT 3889 8725

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

$$

TDUD

066 
WWUS53 KIND 022333
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
733 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

INC021-027-055-083-101-153-030000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/
SULLIVAN IN-MARTIN IN-KNOX IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-CLAY IN-
733 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CLAY...NORTHERN DAVIESS...GREENE...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...NORTHERN
MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 731 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LINTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...ELNORA...VICKSBURG...ODON...LYONS...NEWBERRY...
JASONVILLE...BURNS CITY...SWITZ CITY...CRANE...INDIAN SPRINGS...
WORTHINGTON...OWENSBURG AND SOLSBERRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3884 8733 3894 8739 3904 8738 3922 8714
      3920 8705 3917 8705 3917 8692 3912 8675
      3881 8670 3869 8712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 238DEG 37KT 3899 8720

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

$$

TDUD

638 
WWUS53 KIND 022344
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
744 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

INC083-022354-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/
KNOX IN-
744 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3922 8714 3920 8705 3917 8705 3917 8691
      3912 8675 3881 8670 3875 8696 3889 8712
      3890 8712 3891 8715 3899 8730 3906 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 238DEG 37KT 3904 8705

$$

INC021-027-055-101-153-030000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/
SULLIVAN IN-MARTIN IN-GREENE IN-DAVIESS IN-CLAY IN-
744 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CLAY...NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...GREENE...NORTHERN MARTIN AND EAST
CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 742 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LINTON...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
BLOOMFIELD...CRANE...WORTHINGTON...OWENSBURG AND SOLSBERRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 8714 3920 8705 3917 8705 3917 8691
      3912 8675 3881 8670 3875 8696 3889 8712
      3890 8712 3891 8715 3899 8730 3906 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 238DEG 37KT 3904 8705

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

$$

TDUD

196 
WWUS53 KIND 022350
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
750 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

INC027-101-153-030000-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/
SULLIVAN IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
750 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS...
NORTHERN MARTIN AND EAST CENTRAL SULLIVAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3922 8714 3920 8706 3917 8705 3917 8691
      3912 8675 3891 8671 3890 8712 3891 8715
      3899 8724 3910 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 238DEG 37KT 3907 8698

$$

INC021-055-030000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150403T0000Z/
GREENE IN-CLAY IN-
750 PM EDT THU APR 2 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
CLAY AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 748 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMFIELD...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
WORTHINGTON...OWENSBURG AND SOLSBERRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3922 8714 3920 8706 3917 8705 3917 8691
      3912 8675 3891 8671 3890 8712 3891 8715
      3899 8724 3910 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 238DEG 37KT 3907 8698

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

$$

TDUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	9 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	13 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	8 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	9 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Washington	14 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	5 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	7 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	6 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	8 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike	18 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox	18 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	3 days
Apr 2, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Gibson, Knox, Posey	11 days
Apr 2, 3:45 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 5 more	28 hr
Apr 2, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan	41 min
Apr 2, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Owen	50 min

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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.