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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2015Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2015, 5:23 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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: May 30, 2015, 5:23 PM EDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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
May 30, 5:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Anderson, IN	A BARN AND TWO HOUSES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 600W AND 100S. ALSO HAD THREE TREES DOWNED... INCLUDING ONE ON A CAR.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

959 
WUUS53 KIND 302123
SVRIND
INC057-095-302200-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0032.150530T2123Z-150530T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
523 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 522 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF
  FISHERS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
  ANDERSON...PENDLETON...LAPEL...EDGEWOOD...RIVER FOREST...WOODLAWN
  HEIGHTS...COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS AND FRANKTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 224.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. 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 4017 8558 3994 8579 3994 8586 3993 8586
      3996 8597 4025 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 211DEG 18KT 3999 8587

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

$$

RYAN

2 follow-up statements

843 
WWUS53 KIND 302136
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
536 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

INC057-095-302200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150530T2200Z/
MADISON IN-HAMILTON IN-
536 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
HAMILTON AND SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...

AT 535 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ANDERSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
ANDERSON...LAPEL...EDGEWOOD...RIVER FOREST...WOODLAWN HEIGHTS...
COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS AND FRANKTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 211 AND 223.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. 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 3997 8579 3996 8584 3998 8593 4025 8581
      4017 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 211DEG 18KT 4005 8583

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

$$

RYAN

695 
WWUS53 KIND 302158
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
558 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

INC057-095-302208-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-150530T2200Z/
MADISON IN-HAMILTON IN-
558 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON AND 
SOUTHERN MADISON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN INDIANAPOLIS.

LAT...LON 3997 8579 3996 8584 3998 8593 4025 8581
      4017 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 211DEG 18KT 4014 8576

$$

RYAN

What 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 May 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:30 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
430 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

.UPDATE...
THE AVIATION SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED BELOW.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 312 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL INDIANA TONIGHT.
MEANWHILE...A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RIPPLE NORTHEAST ALONG THE
FRONT AND NEAR THE INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL
TEMPORARILY SLOW THE FRONT DOWN BEFORE IT MOVES SOUTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER ON SUNDAY. THE WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG WITH AN UNSTABLE AND
VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF 70. THE SHOWERS WILL BE
ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON SUNDAY AND WILL BE REPLACED
WITH DRY AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH
PRESSURE.

FOLLOWING AFTERNOON HIGHS ONLY IN THE 60S ON SUNDAY...TEMPERATURES
WILL REBOUND TO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S BY WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER
RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES.

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND AS A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NAVIGATES EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES.

&&

.NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/...

ISSUED AT 312 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

ALL EYES TONIGHT WILL BE ON THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDING HEAVY RAIN...AND
TO A LESSER EXTENT...SEVERE POTENTIAL.

AFTERNOON KIND-88D WAS LIT UP WITH STORMS LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER THE
OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS...INCLUDING CENTRAL INDIANA. THE ACTIVITY
WAS IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND A WAVE
ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS.

MODELS ARE SIMILAR IN BRINGING THE JUST MENTIONED WAVE NORTHEAST
TONIGHT ALONG A COLD FRONT AND TRACK CLOSE TO THE INTERSTATE 70
CORRIDOR. THE WAVE WILL HOLD UP THE FRONT BEFORE IT SLIDES SOUTHEAST
OF THE OHIO RIVER ON SUNDAY. THE FRONT AND WAVE WILL INTERACT WITH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF NEAR 2 INCHES... AND EARLY EVENING
MIXED LAYER CAPES FROM 500 TO 1000 J/KG. MEANWHILE...A 35 KNOT LOW
LEVEL JET WILL NOSE INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS SHOULD TRIGGER
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. 12Z MODELS AND WATER PREDICTION CENTER DAY1
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL GRAPHIC ALL SUGGEST AREAS NORTH OF THE FRONT
COULD SEE OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT. 3 HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE
IN THIS AREA IS MOSTLY 3 INCHES OR MORE. HOWEVER...WITH
THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY INCREASING IN COVERAGE...FLOOD WATCH DOES NOT
LOOK LIKE A BAD IDEA. AFTER COORDINATING WITH ADJACENT
OFFICES...WILL GO WITH A FLOOD WATCH ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
I-70 THROUGH 15Z SUNDAY.

WITH SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY ACROSS THE AREA AND THE 35 KNOT LOW
LEVEL JET NOSING INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA...SLIGHT RISK OF MAINLY
DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUES TO LOOK OK FOR THE EVENING HOURS.
INSTABILITY WANES ENOUGH OVERNIGHT TO PULL THUNDER.

12Z MOS CLOSE ON OVERNIGHT LOWS AND APPEARS A BLEND WILL DO THE
TRICK.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...

ISSUED AT 312 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

MAIN FOCUS FOR THE SHORT TERM WILL BE INITIALLY ON SHOWER CHANCES
ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY TEMPERATURES...AS THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED
WAVE EXITS TO THE NORTHEAST...AND THE FRONT TO THE SOUTH...ON
SUNDAY.

WITH MODELS AGREEING THAT THE LOW WILL BE NEAR NEW CASTLE AT 12Z
SUNDAY AND THEN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO BY 18Z. SO...THIS WOULD SUGGEST
CAT POPS NORTHEAST TAPERING TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SOUTHWEST FOR THE
MORNING HOURS AND DECREASING POPS AS THE DAY GOES ON. THE REST OF
THE SHORT TERM LOOKS DRY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE
GREAT LAKES. HOWEVER...WITH COLUMN REMAINING MOIST BELOW 700
MILLIBARS AND AN UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY...THINK
THE CLOUDS WILL HANG AROUND UNTIL TUESDAY...WHEN SOME BREAKS LOOK
LIKELY.

12Z MOS TEMPERATURES ARE PRETTY CLOSE AND REPRESENT CHANGING AIRMASS
AND CLOUD COVER NICELY. SO...A BLEND SHOULD DO.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...

ISSUED AT 239 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

A CUTOFF UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL BE THE
PREDOMINANT FEATURE THROUGH THE LONG TERM. AN UPPER RIDGE RIDING
OVER THIS WILL KEEP CENTRAL INDIANA DRY FOR THE MOST PART. THERE IS
SOME DISAGREEMENT AMONGST THE MODELS AS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THE LOW
WILL SET UP AND THIS WILL HAVE A BEARING ON HOW FAR NORTH
PRECIPITATION CHANCES CAN GET IN THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. FOR
NOW ACCEPTING INITIALIZATION WITH MINOR QUALITY CONTROL ADJUSTMENTS
SEEMED THE WAY TO GO...WHICH BRINGS IN LOW THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ABOVE NORMAL HIGHS IN THE 80S CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY ON.

&&

.AVIATION /DISCUSSION FOR 302100Z TAF UPDATE/...
ISSUED AT 430 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

NOT MUCH CHANGE NEEDED AS FOCUS WILL BE ON SCATTERED CONVECTION FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WILL MAINTAIN VCTS WORDING INTO THE EVENING
AND RESTRUCTURE TEMPO TSRA AT ALL SITES THROUGH 01-02Z WITH RAIN
FOLLOWING THEREAFTER. SUB-IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN ANY
THUNDERSTORM THAT PASSES OVER A TERMINAL.

18Z DISCUSSION FOLLOWS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AT THE SITES OFF AND ON
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS. OUTSIDE OF STORMS MAINLY VFR
CONDITIONS...WITH IFR OR LOWER AT TIMES IN THE STORMS. CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER THE SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HIGH CONFIDENCE ON SCATTERED
COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT 6 HOURS...WITH LESSER
CONFIDENCE THAT THERE WILL STILL BE THUNDER LATER TONIGHT AND NOT
JUST RAIN. WITH THE SURFACE LOW MOVING OVER THE SITES OVERNIGHT ALSO
EXPECT TO SEE CEILINGS DROP AND COULD HAVE SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES AS
WELL. LOW CEILINGS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST MIDDAY SUNDAY.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR INZ021-028>031-035>049-
051.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KOCH
NEAR TERM...KOCH
SHORT TERM...KOCH
LONG TERM....CP
AVIATION...CP/RYAN

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
340 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051-311000-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-
340 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 11 AM SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED
OUT. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY TONIGHT AND NEAR AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH ANY STORM.

HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING...DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED
TORNADOES...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

TIMING: SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FLOODING THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE
RIDES UP ALONG IT. WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COMBINED WITH THE
FRONT IN THE AREA WILL TRIGGER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

OUTLOOK: SHOWERS WILL END ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST OVER CENTRAL INDIANA
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING....BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH DRY
WEATHER THROUGH MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

INZ052>057-060>065-067>072-311000-
CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-
BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
340 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN ALSO NOT BE RULED
OUT. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORM.

HAZARDS: HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES...CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

TIMING: SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AND
LIGHTNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY OVERNIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWESTERN
PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE
RIDES UP ALONG IT. WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COMBINED WITH THE
FRONT IN THE AREA WILL TRIGGER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

OUTLOOK: SHOWERS WILL END ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHEAST OVER CENTRAL INDIANA
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING....BRINGING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH DRY
WEATHER THROUGH MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

KOCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 4:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
418 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

INZ021-029>031-036-037-045-046-302115-
BOONE-CARROLL-CLINTON-HENDRICKS-HOWARD-MONTGOMERY-PUTNAM-TIPPECANOE-
418 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DELPHI TO 13 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN STRONGER
STORMS. EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY FOR
DRIVERS.

GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

DRT

Local storm report, May 30, 4:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
422 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0418 PM     HEAVY RAIN       KOKOMO                  40.48N  86.13W
05/30/2015  M1.40 INCH       HOWARD             IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MARKLAND AVENUE IS CLOSED ON THE WEST END OF KOKOMO DUE
            TO FLOODING. RAINFALL HAS BEEN THE STORM TOTAL SINCE
            130PM.

&&

MMB

Special weather statement, May 30, 4:43 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
443 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

INZ030-037>039-302145-
BOONE-CLINTON-HAMILTON-TIPTON-
443 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CLINTON...BOONE...
NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND TIPTON COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEBANON...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH DIAMETER.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LEBANON...
  TIPTON...
  WHITESTOWN...
  ULEN...
  KIRKLIN...
  SHERIDAN...
  MICHIGANTOWN...
  KEMPTON...
  SHARPSVILLE...
  WINDFALL...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL 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 4039 8631 4039 8628 4038 8628 4038 8624
      4040 8624 4041 8591 3993 8629 3994 8663
      4042 8636 4042 8631
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 209DEG 25KT 4000 8644

DRT

Local storm report, May 30, 4:55 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
455 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0448 PM     HAIL             WHITESTOWN              40.00N  86.35W
05/30/2015  M1.00 INCH       BOONE              IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MMB

Special weather statement, May 30, 5:08 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
508 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

INZ039>041-047-048-055-056-302145-
DELAWARE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-JOHNSON-MADISON-MARION-SHELBY-
508 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DELAWARE...EASTERN
HAMILTON...WESTERN HANCOCK...NORTHERN JOHNSON...MADISON...MARION AND
NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT...

AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INDIANAPOLIS...FISHERS AND ANDERSON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ANDERSON...
  FISHERS...
  ALEXANDRIA...
  ELWOOD...
  GEIST RESERVOIR...
  MCCORDSVILLE...
  FORTVILLE...
  INGALLS...
  PENDLETON...
  LAPEL...
  EDGEWOOD...
  RIVER FOREST...
  WOODLAWN HEIGHTS...
  COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS...
  FRANKTON...
  CHESTERFIELD...
  ORESTES...
  DALEVILLE...
  SUMMITVILLE...
  GASTON...

TORRENTIAL 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 4038 8533 3959 8595 3963 8629 4022 8591
      4022 8586 4030 8586 4038 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 207DEG 29KT 3987 8594

DRT

Local storm report, May 30, 5:21 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
521 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 2015

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

0435 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LOOGOOTEE               38.68N  86.92W
05/30/2015                   MARTIN             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE SNAPPED 10 FEET ABOVE BASE ALONG US HWY 231
            AT BUTCHER AVE.

&&

MMB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Marion, Morgan	47 min
May 30, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	38 min
May 30, 1:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tipton	32 min
May 30, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Madison	33 min
May 30, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware	15 min
May 30, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Fountain, Vermillion	3 hr
May 30, 3:29 PM EDT	Flood Watch	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton and 15 more	19 hr
May 30, 4:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Warren	3 hr
May 30, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Tipton	62 min
May 30, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock, Madison, Marion	37 min
May 30, 5:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Howard	3 hr
May 30, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks	51 min
May 30, 5:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	3 hr
May 30, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	35 min
May 30, 5:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Knox	32 min
May 30, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Madison	35 min
May 30, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	33 min
May 30, 6:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	3 hr
May 30, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	29 min
May 30, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	41 min
May 30, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke, Vermillion	36 min
May 30, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence, Martin	26 min
May 30, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	51 min
May 30, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	33 min
May 30, 7:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	3 hr
May 30, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Brown, Lawrence, Monroe	24 min
May 30, 7:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Randolph	3 hr
May 30, 7:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks and 7 more	3 hr
May 30, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Brown, Johnson, Morgan	51 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.