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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 26, 20165 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 32 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: Apr 26, 2016, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 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.

654 
WUUS53 KIND 262228
SVRIND
INC027-055-083-101-153-262300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0028.160426T2228Z-160426T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 628 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR VINCENNES TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PETERSBURG...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VINCENNES...WASHINGTON...LINTON...BICKNELL...ODON...DUGGER...LYONS...
  ELNORA...OAKTOWN...MONROE CITY...WHEATLAND...BRUCEVILLE...PLAINVILLE...
  SANDBORN...MONTGOMERY...EDWARDSPORT...NEWBERRY...CRANE...PLEASANTVILLE
  AND WEST BOGGS LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3854 8739 3854 8741 3853 8741 3854 8743
      3853 8744 3853 8747 3863 8762 3867 8759
      3869 8752 3874 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751
      3878 8749 3879 8751 3915 8726 3882 8674
      3852 8731 3854 8735 3854 8737 3851 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 216DEG 23KT 3873 8751 3857 8733 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEE/JS

2 follow-up statements

930 
WWUS53 KIND 262242
SVSIND

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

INC027-055-083-101-153-262300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160426T2300Z/
GREENE IN-KNOX IN-SULLIVAN IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
642 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...KNOX...SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHWESTERN
MARTIN AND DAVIESS COUNTIES...

AT 641 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RUSSELLVILLE TO NEAR WASHINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINCENNES...WASHINGTON...LINTON...BICKNELL...ODON...DUGGER...LYONS...ELNORA...
OAKTOWN...MONROE CITY...WHEATLAND...BRUCEVILLE...PLAINVILLE...SANDBORN...
MONTGOMERY...EDWARDSPORT...NEWBERRY...CRANE...PLEASANTVILLE AND WEST
BOGGS LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3854 8739 3854 8741 3853 8741 3854 8743
      3853 8744 3853 8747 3863 8762 3867 8759
      3869 8752 3874 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751
      3878 8749 3879 8751 3915 8726 3882 8674
      3852 8731 3854 8735 3854 8737 3851 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 216DEG 23KT 3880 8745 3864 8727 

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

LEE/JS

510 
WWUS53 KIND 262255
SVSIND

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

INC027-055-083-101-153-262305-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160426T2300Z/
GREENE IN-KNOX IN-SULLIVAN IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
655 PM EDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...KNOX...
SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHWESTERN MARTIN AND DAVIESS COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3854 8739 3854 8741 3853 8741 3854 8743
      3853 8744 3853 8747 3863 8762 3867 8759
      3869 8752 3874 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751
      3878 8749 3879 8751 3915 8726 3882 8674
      3852 8731 3854 8735 3854 8737 3851 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 216DEG 23KT 3880 8745 3864 8727 

$$

LEE/JS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Montgomery	46 min
Apr 26, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	45 min
Apr 26, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	43 min
Apr 26, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton, Madison	40 min
Apr 26, 3:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	34 min
Apr 26, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	25 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison	37 min
Apr 26, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan	33 min
Apr 26, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush	41 min
Apr 26, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan, Putnam	36 min
Apr 26, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	29 min
Apr 26, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson, Marion, Shelby	24 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Rush, Shelby	47 min
Apr 26, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush	26 min
Apr 26, 5:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	45 min
Apr 26, 5:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Shelby	2 hr
Apr 26, 5:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Vermillion	3 hr
Apr 26, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings, Rush, Shelby	24 min
Apr 26, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	32 min
Apr 26, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Morgan, Owen, Putnam, Vigo	3 hr
Apr 26, 7:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Greene, Monroe, Owen	35 min
Apr 26, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.