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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 2016Greene County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 5:32 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGBloomfield, INTREE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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 

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward, Tipton44 min
Mar 27, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton54 min
Mar 27, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Marion48 min
Mar 27, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison17 min
Mar 27, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Madison64 min
Mar 27, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan28 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.