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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 20164 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 6:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 28 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 13, 2016, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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 2016-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1355 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

373 
WUUS53 KIND 132232
SVRIND
INC063-109-119-133-132300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0113.160713T2232Z-160713T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 632 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF GREENCASTLE...OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARTINSVILLE...GREENCASTLE...DANVILLE...CLOVERDALE...MONROVIA...
  CLAYTON...FILLMORE...COATESVILLE...AMO...STILESVILLE...
  BELLE UNION...DEVORE...EMINENCE...QUINCY...LAKE HART...
  CAGLES MILL LAKE...CENTERTON AND LITTLE POINT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 62.
 
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 3960 8694 3982 8652 3941 8633 3941 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 236DEG 45KT 3956 8676 

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

LEE/TUCEK
1 follow-up statement
881 
WWUS53 KIND 132239
SVSIND

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

INC063-109-119-133-132300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160713T2300Z/
PUTNAM IN-MORGAN IN-OWEN IN-HENDRICKS IN-
639 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM...CENTRAL MORGAN...NORTHEASTERN OWEN AND
SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTIES...

AT 639 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF
GREENCASTLE...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARTINSVILLE...GREENCASTLE...DANVILLE...CLOVERDALE...MONROVIA...
CLAYTON...FILLMORE...COATESVILLE...AMO...STILESVILLE...BELLE UNION...
DEVORE...EMINENCE...QUINCY...LAKE HART...CENTERTON AND LITTLE POINT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 39 AND 62.
 
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 3962 8688 3982 8652 3941 8633 3942 8680
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 244DEG 48KT 3961 8665 

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

LEE/TUCEK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain31 min
Jul 13, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Montgomery42 min
Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVermillion27 min
Jul 13, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery31 min
Jul 13, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke26 min
Jul 13, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion34 min
Jul 13, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo30 min
Jul 13, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton37 min
Jul 13, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe32 min
Jul 13, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Vermillion34 min
Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo33 min
Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Putnam12 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton37 min
Jul 13, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam34 min
Jul 13, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo34 min
Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam33 min
Jul 13, 5:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Vigo3 hr
Jul 13, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph50 min
Jul 13, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Marion32 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph39 min
Jul 13, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Putnam37 min
Jul 13, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke36 min
Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph41 min
Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Putnam, Vigo4 hr
Jul 13, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam29 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam34 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby34 min
Jul 13, 6:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam3 hr
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more34 min
Jul 13, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo38 min
Jul 13, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 3 more48 min
Jul 13, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more32 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.