Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2016, 5:25 PM EDT for Greene County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 27, 2016, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Greene County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bloomfield, IN | TREE BLOWN DOWN NEAR FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE. ALSO PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
698 WUUS53 KIND 272125 SVRIND INC055-272200- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0001.160327T2125Z-160327T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 525 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 524 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMFIELD... OR 28 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLOOMFIELD...WORTHINGTON...LYONS...SWITZ CITY...NEWBERRY AND SOLSBERRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3917 8708 3917 8668 3890 8684 3891 8717 TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 214DEG 40KT 3898 8701 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ NIELD
2 follow-up statements
076 WWUS53 KIND 272137 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 537 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 INC055-272200- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160327T2200Z/ GREENE IN- 537 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR GREENE COUNTY... AT 537 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMFIELD...OR 20 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BLOOMFIELD...WORTHINGTON...LYONS...SWITZ CITY...NEWBERRY AND SOLSBERRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3917 8708 3917 8668 3890 8684 3891 8717 TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 211DEG 40KT 3909 8689 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ NIELD
993
WWUS53 KIND 272152
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
552 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
INC055-272202-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160327T2200Z/
GREENE IN-
552 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3917 8708 3917 8668 3890 8684 3891 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 214DEG 40KT 3909 8689
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Howard, Tipton | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Marion | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 17 min |
| Mar 27, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware, Madison | 64 min |
| Mar 27, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 28 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.