Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 18, 2016, 5:45 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Nov 18, 2016, 5:45 PM EST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2016, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Johnson County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 6:02 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Brooklyn, IN | TIME APPROXIMATE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
212
WUUS53 KIND 182245
SVRIND
INC081-105-109-119-182315-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0142.161118T2245Z-161118T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
545 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
EASTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 615 PM EST.
* AT 544 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SPENCER...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...MARTINSVILLE...MOORESVILLE...SPENCER...ELLETTSVILLE...
BARGERSVILLE...BROOKLYN...TRAFALGAR...MORGANTOWN...GOSPORT...
PARAGON...STINESVILLE...BETHANY...MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK...
WAVERLY...MAHALASVILLE...LAKE HART AND CENTERTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 NEAR MILE MARKER 88.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3963 8632 3963 8625 3946 8599 3934 8633
3934 8638 3932 8638 3920 8671 3937 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 241DEG 52KT 3934 8665
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
502 follow-up statements
771
WWUS53 KIND 182258
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
558 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016
INC081-105-109-119-182315-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-161118T2315Z/
JOHNSON IN-MONROE IN-MORGAN IN-OWEN IN-
558 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN MONROE...MORGAN AND
NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES...
AT 558 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
MARTINSVILLE... OR 19 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FRANKLIN...MARTINSVILLE...MOORESVILLE...BARGERSVILLE...BROOKLYN...
TRAFALGAR...MORGANTOWN...GOSPORT...PARAGON...STINESVILLE...BETHANY...
WAVERLY...MAHALASVILLE...LAKE HART AND CENTERTON.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 NEAR MILE MARKER 88.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3963 8632 3963 8625 3946 8599 3934 8633
3934 8638 3932 8638 3924 8663 3942 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 240DEG 49KT 3944 8643
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
50929
WWUS53 KIND 182314
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
614 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016
INC081-105-109-119-182324-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-161118T2315Z/
JOHNSON IN-MONROE IN-MORGAN IN-OWEN IN-
614 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON...
NORTHWESTERN MONROE...MORGAN AND NORTHEASTERN OWEN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM EST...
THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED
OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3963 8632 3963 8625 3946 8599 3934 8633
3934 8638 3932 8638 3924 8663 3942 8671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 241DEG 52KT 3954 8621
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 4:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Warren | 25 min |
| Nov 18, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 35 min |
| Nov 18, 4:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke, Vigo | 40 min |
| Nov 18, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 3 more | 43 min |
| Nov 18, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 36 min |
| Nov 18, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion | 49 min |
| Nov 18, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph and 3 more | 45 min |
Nearby
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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.