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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT for Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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 17, 2015, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2015, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 17, 3:35 PM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:35 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 6:23 AM EDT, 9 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS 623 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-181030- 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-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS- MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 623 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL BE HOT THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL. HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING OR EXCEEDING 100 DEGREES. TIMING: THROUGH THE DAY BUT ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DISCUSSION: A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TODAY AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS SUNDAY OR MONDAY COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. HEAT INDICES COULD APPROACH OR EXCEED 100 FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. DISCUSSION: AN ACTIVE PATTERN WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH TUESDAY. EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING HIGH HEAT INDICES FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && 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 17, 2:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 232 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 INZ039-171915- HAMILTON IN- 232 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 232 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NOBLESVILLE...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CARMEL...FISHERS...NOBLESVILLE...WESTFIELD...CICERO...FORTVILLE AND MORSE RESERVOIR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3993 8586 3996 8616 4014 8614 4014 8586 TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 275DEG 15KT 4005 8606 50
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
251 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
INZ036-037-046-171930-
HENDRICKS IN-MONTGOMERY IN-BOONE IN-
251 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOONE...SOUTHEASTERN
MONTGOMERY AND NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM EDT...
AT 251 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...LADOGA...JAMESTOWN...NORTH SALEM...ADVANCE AND NEW
ROSS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4002 8690 4005 8653 3986 8656 3986 8669
3987 8669 3987 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 268DEG 15KT 3994 8680
50Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:31 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
331 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
INZ046-047-172015-
MARION IN-HENDRICKS IN-
331 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MARION AND NORTHERN
HENDRICKS COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...
AT 330 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DANVILLE TO NEAR ZIONSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...BROWNSBURG...SPEEDWAY...DANVILLE...AVON...PITTSBORO...
MERIDIAN HILLS...WARREN PARK...CLERMONT...ROCKY RIPPLE...NORTH
SALEM...LIZTON...WILLIAMS CREEK...WYNNEDALE...SPRING HILL...CROWS
NEST...NORTH CROWS NEST...MONUMENT CIRCLE...INDIANA STATE FAIRGROUNDS
AND EAGLE CREEK RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3977 8597 3976 8663 3983 8669 3992 8669
3993 8616
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 280DEG 15KT 3989 8667 3990 8634
50Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:55 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
355 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
INZ048-172030-
HANCOCK IN-
355 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HANCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...
AT 355 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
GREENFIELD...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENFIELD...MCCORDSVILLE...FORTVILLE...SHIRLEY...WILKINSON AND
SPRING LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3987 8560 3979 8560 3979 8563 3977 8564
3976 8588 3990 8594 3993 8594 3993 8586
3994 8586 3995 8580 3994 8558 3987 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 252DEG 19KT 3987 8583
50Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 359 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 INZ029-172045- TIPPECANOE IN- 359 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 358 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST LAFAYETTE...OR NEAR LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAFAYETTE...WEST LAFAYETTE...SHADELAND...BATTLE GROUND AND PURDUE UNIVERSITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4056 8670 4039 8669 4039 8699 4056 8700 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 267DEG 14KT 4048 8691 50
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
415 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
INZ046>048-055-056-172100-
MARION IN-HENDRICKS IN-SHELBY IN-HANCOCK IN-JOHNSON IN-
415 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MARION...SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK...
NORTHERN JOHNSON...EAST CENTRAL HENDRICKS AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY
COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 415 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAWRENCE TO NEAR
SPEEDWAY TO PLAINFIELD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD...GREENFIELD...BEECH
GROVE...SPEEDWAY...DANVILLE...SOUTHPORT...AVON...CUMBERLAND...NEW
PALESTINE...WARREN PARK...MORRISTOWN...HOMECROFT...FAIRLAND...SPRING
LAKE...MONUMENT CIRCLE...INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRPORT AND INDIANA STATE
FAIRGROUNDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3958 8583 3957 8608 3973 8655 3976 8632
3989 8601 3972 8563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 296DEG 22KT 3983 8603 3973 8626 3972 8639
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tippecanoe | 24 min |
| Jul 17, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Jul 17, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 3:47 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Tippecanoe | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 4:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Putnam | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 25 min |
| Jul 17, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 5:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.