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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 20166 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 6:26 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 9 reports 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: Jul 13, 2016, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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
Jul 13, 6:43 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 61	7 Sw Indianapolis, IN
Jul 13, 6:50 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Southport, IN	LARGE BRANCHES OR PART OF MAIN TRUNK SPLIT OFF OF TREE NEAR BANTA AND US HIGHWAY 31. TIME BASED ON RADAR AND PERSON RELAYING REPORT.
Jul 13, 6:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Indianapolis, IN	LIVE TREE DOWN AT EAST STREET AND SOUTH THOMPSON ROAD. ALSO IN SAME AREA 4 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ROUGHLY ESTIMATED
Jul 13, 6:54 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	6 S Indianapolis, IN
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 57	2 W Southport, IN
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDT	HAIL 1	5 S Indianapolis, IN
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Indianapolis, IN
Jul 13, 7:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	8 Ese Indianapolis, IN	LARGE LIMBS DOWNED ON RAYMOND BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND POST ROADS. NICKLE SIZE HAIL.
Jul 13, 7:09 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 47	Southport, IN

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
Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 207 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

226 
WUUS53 KIND 132226
SVRIND
INC059-063-081-097-109-145-132300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0112.160713T2226Z-160713T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
626 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 626 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  PLAINFIELD... OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDIANAPOLIS...FISHERS...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD...BEECH
  GROVE...SPEEDWAY...MOORESVILLE...DANVILLE...SOUTHPORT...AVON...
  CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...NEW PALESTINE...MERIDIAN HILLS...WARREN
  PARK...CLERMONT...MONROVIA...CLAYTON AND HOMECROFT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 122.
 INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 202.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 97.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 103.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3953 8651 3973 8659 3993 8606 3993 8593
      3966 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 239DEG 37KT 3970 8635 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEE/TUCEK

2 follow-up statements

813 
WWUS53 KIND 132236
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
636 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

INC059-063-081-097-109-145-132300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160713T2300Z/
HANCOCK IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN-HENDRICKS IN-MARION IN-SHELBY IN-
636 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK...NORTHERN JOHNSON...NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS...MARION AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 636 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
PLAINFIELD...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...FISHERS...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD...
BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...MOORESVILLE...DANVILLE...SOUTHPORT...AVON...
CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...NEW PALESTINE...MERIDIAN HILLS...
WARREN PARK...CLERMONT...HOMECROFT...ROCKY RIPPLE AND WILLIAMS CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 121.
 INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 202.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 97.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 103.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 8640 3976 8650 3993 8606 3993 8593
      3966 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 241DEG 27KT 3968 8634 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEE/TUCEK

933 
WWUS53 KIND 132245
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
645 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

INC059-063-081-097-109-145-132300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0112.000000T0000Z-160713T2300Z/
HANCOCK IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN-HENDRICKS IN-MARION IN-SHELBY IN-
645 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK...NORTHERN JOHNSON...NORTHEASTERN MORGAN...
SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS...MARION AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 644 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPEEDWAY...OR
NEAR INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 644 PM...INDIANAPOLIS
         INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 61 MPH.

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...FISHERS...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD...
BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...MOORESVILLE...DANVILLE...SOUTHPORT...AVON...
CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...NEW PALESTINE...MERIDIAN HILLS...
WARREN PARK...CLERMONT...HOMECROFT...ROCKY RIPPLE AND WILLIAMS CREEK.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 121.
 INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 202.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 97.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 103.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 8640 3976 8650 3993 8606 3993 8593
      3966 8581
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 239DEG 37KT 3973 8624 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEE/TUCEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	31 min
Jul 13, 1:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Montgomery	42 min
Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Vermillion	27 min
Jul 13, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery	31 min
Jul 13, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke	26 min
Jul 13, 3:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	34 min
Jul 13, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vigo	30 min
Jul 13, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	37 min
Jul 13, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe	32 min
Jul 13, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion	34 min
Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	33 min
Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	12 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton	37 min
Jul 13, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam	34 min
Jul 13, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo	34 min
Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam	33 min
Jul 13, 5:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clay, Vigo	3 hr
Jul 13, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph	50 min
Jul 13, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock, Marion	32 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph	39 min
Jul 13, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Putnam	37 min
Jul 13, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke	36 min
Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Randolph	41 min
Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Putnam, Vigo	4 hr
Jul 13, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	29 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam	34 min
Jul 13, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam	28 min
Jul 13, 6:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam	3 hr
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more	34 min
Jul 13, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo	38 min
Jul 13, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 3 more	48 min
Jul 13, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more	32 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.