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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 7, 20155 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2015, 7:56 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 49 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: Jun 7, 2015, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2015, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 7, 7:58 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 48	2 Sw Lafayette, 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
Jun 7, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1036 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

066 
WUUS53 KIND 072356
SVRIND
INC015-023-045-157-171-080045-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0039.150607T2356Z-150608T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
756 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 756 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
  WEST LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...WEST LAFAYETTE...SHADELAND...PURDUE
  UNIVERSITY...DAYTON...CLARKS HILL...MULBERRY...ROSSVILLE AND
  MICHIGANTOWN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 177.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4048 8713 4048 8710 4050 8709 4047 8639
      4020 8639 4022 8754 4028 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 278DEG 48KT 4042 8701

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PUMA

1 follow-up statement

840 
WWUS53 KIND 080019
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
819 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015

INC015-023-045-157-171-080045-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150608T0045Z/
WARREN IN-TIPPECANOE IN-FOUNTAIN IN-CARROLL IN-CLINTON IN-
819 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
CLINTON...SOUTHERN CARROLL...NORTHERN FOUNTAIN...TIPPECANOE AND
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

AT 816 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF LAFAYETTE...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKFORT...CLARKS HILL...MULBERRY...ROSSVILLE AND MICHIGANTOWN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 153 AND 177.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4037 8736 4043 8709 4046 8706 4049 8693
      4047 8639 4020 8639 4021 8669 4022 8670
      4022 8754 4028 8754
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 280DEG 53KT 4034 8676

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	47 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.