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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 18, 20164 counties in Indiana

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.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 18, 6:02 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 60Brooklyn, INTIME 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-11-18Temperature 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 2016-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

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2 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
 
$$

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929 
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 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 18, 4:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Warren25 min
Nov 18, 4:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren35 min
Nov 18, 4:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke, Vigo40 min
Nov 18, 4:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 3 more43 min
Nov 18, 4:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Montgomery, Tippecanoe36 min
Nov 18, 5:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion49 min
Nov 18, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph and 3 more45 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.