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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 12, 2015Hancock County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2015, 11:13 AM EDT for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 12, 2015, 11:13 AM EDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Hancock County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -110 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1338 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 12, 10:24 AM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 10:24 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 3:58 AM EDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
358 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-131000-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-
358 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS PRODUCING LOCALIZED
FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

TIMING: GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION: LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. STORMS WILL
DECREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK: DAILY CHANCES FOR SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH ANY STORM. A GREATER RISK FOR
SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE FRONT ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL UPPER
WAVES WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE AND RESULT IN AN UNSETTLED PERIOD THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

INZ060>065-067>072-131000-
SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
358 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED STRONG STORMS.

HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAINS PRODUCING LOCALIZED
FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL.

DISCUSSION: LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY
FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY...INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. STORMS WILL
DECREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

OUTLOOK: DAILY CHANCES FOR SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH ANY STORM.

DISCUSSION: A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THE FRONT ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL UPPER
WAVES WILL INTERACT WITH A VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE AND RESULT IN AN UNSETTLED PERIOD THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

&&

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

RYAN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:13 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry34 min
Jun 12, 11:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion31 min
Jun 12, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock33 min
Jun 12, 12:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks22 min
Jun 12, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMadison26 min
Jun 12, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton37 min
Jun 12, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion28 min
Jun 12, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry33 min
Jun 12, 1:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock41 min
Jun 12, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Madison39 min
Jun 12, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion29 min
Jun 12, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry37 min
Jun 12, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph19 min
Jun 12, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph20 min
Jun 12, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph17 min
Jun 12, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton27 min
Jun 12, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton33 min
Jun 12, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClay, Owen39 min
Jun 12, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe30 min
Jun 12, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe, Warren26 min
Jun 12, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry41 min
Jun 12, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks24 min
Jun 12, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe36 min
Jun 12, 5:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan33 min
Jun 12, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren30 min
Jun 12, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan24 min
Jun 12, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph51 min
Jun 12, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan18 min
Jun 12, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and 3 more48 min
Jun 12, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby29 min
Jun 12, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more26 min
Jun 12, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby33 min
Jun 12, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe31 min
Jun 12, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby35 min
Jun 12, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Tipton36 min
Jun 12, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHenry, Rush3 hr

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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.