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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 26, 20164 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 4:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 5 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
Apr 26, 2016, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

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

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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
Apr 26, 4:30 PM EDTHAIL 0.754 Ne Mooresville, IN
Apr 26, 4:31 PM EDTHAIL 0.52 S Camby, INMARBLE SIZE HAIL
Apr 26, 4:56 PM EDTHAIL 15 Wsw Greenwood, INQUARTER SIZE NEAR CENTER GROVE HIGH SCHOOL THRU TWITTER
Apr 26, 4:57 PM EDTHAIL 0.25Brooklyn, INPEA SIZE HAIL RPTD.
Apr 26, 5:05 PM EDTHAIL 0.255 Wsw Greenwood, INPEA SIZE HAIL AT CENTER GROVE HIGH SCHOOL

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
Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

217 
WUUS53 KIND 262027
SVRIND
INC063-081-097-109-262100-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0018.160426T2027Z-160426T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
427 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 426 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MOORESVILLE... OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH. AT 422 PM...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL NEAR LITTLE POINT ON INTERSTATE 70.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD...PLAINFIELD...MOORESVILLE...BARGERSVILLE...
  BROOKLYN...MONROVIA...BETHANY...CENTERTON...WAVERLY...CAMBY AND LAKE
  HART.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 66.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8655 3965 8653 3970 8614 3941 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 277DEG 21KT 3958 8649 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LEE/JS
2 follow-up statements
775 
WWUS53 KIND 262041
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
441 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

INC063-262050-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/
HENDRICKS IN-
441 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3951 8646 3963 8644 3963 8633 3966 8633
      3970 8614 3941 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 277DEG 21KT 3957 8638 

$$

INC081-097-109-262100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/
MARION IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN-
441 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARION...WESTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHEASTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES...

AT 440 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOORESVILLE...OR
19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD...MOORESVILLE...BARGERSVILLE...BROOKLYN...
BETHANY...CENTERTON...WAVERLY...CAMBY AND LAKE HART.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3951 8646 3963 8644 3963 8633 3966 8633
      3970 8614 3941 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 277DEG 21KT 3957 8638 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LEE/JS
187 
WWUS53 KIND 262049
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
449 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

INC081-097-109-262100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160426T2100Z/
MARION IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN-
449 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARION...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND NORTHEASTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES...

AT 449 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOORESVILLE...OR
17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD...BARGERSVILLE AND WAVERLY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3953 8633 3965 8632 3969 8614 3965 8614
      3946 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 277DEG 21KT 3956 8631 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LEE/JS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone, Montgomery46 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam45 min
Apr 26, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDecatur43 min
Apr 26, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton, Madison40 min
Apr 26, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur34 min
Apr 26, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan25 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison37 min
Apr 26, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush41 min
Apr 26, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan, Putnam36 min
Apr 26, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo29 min
Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Shelby24 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Rush, Shelby47 min
Apr 26, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush26 min
Apr 26, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo45 min
Apr 26, 5:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDShelby2 hr
Apr 26, 5:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDVermillion3 hr
Apr 26, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Rush, Shelby24 min
Apr 26, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur32 min
Apr 26, 6:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Morgan, Owen, Putnam, Vigo3 hr
Apr 26, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan32 min
Apr 26, 7:25 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedINDGreene, Monroe, Owen35 min
Apr 26, 7:37 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBrown, Greene, Monroe, Owen3 hr

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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.