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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2015, 9:26 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 1, 2015, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 1, 7:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 7:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 4:08 AM EDT, 17 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 408 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 INZ028-029-035>037-043>047-051>056-060>065-067>072-020815- WARREN-TIPPECANOE-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- 408 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING. FLOODING ALONG SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS. TIMING: BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. FLOODING IS ONGOING. DISCUSSION: A FRONT IN THE AREA WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FROM RECENT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. FOR INFORMATION ON RIVER FLOODING PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS THROUGH THE WEEK. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. A MEANDERING FRONT ALONG WITH A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-030-031-038>042-048-049-057-020815- CARROLL-CLINTON-HOWARD-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH- HANCOCK-HENRY-RUSH- 408 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. HAZARDS: GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING. FLOODING ALONG SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS. TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. FLOODING ONGOING. DISCUSSION: A FRONT IN THE AREA WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA FROM RECENT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. FOR INFORMATION ON RIVER FLOODING PLEASE SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OUTLOOK: RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS THROUGH THE WEEK. SEE THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. A MEANDERING FRONT ALONG WITH A SERIES OF UPPER WAVES WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && 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, Jul 1, 9:26 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
926 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015
INZ067-020215-
KNOX-
926 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2015
...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 1015
PM EDT...
AT 923 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VINCENNES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
DECKER...
MONROE CITY...
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 3850 8753 3860 8763 3866 8761 3869 8753
3877 8751 3859 8726 3858 8724 3854 8723
3850 8730 3854 8735 3851 8738 3854 8740
3852 8741 3853 8746 3849 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 318DEG 17KT 3866 8754
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 10:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Daviess, Knox | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:58 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 8 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 6 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.