Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Rush County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Rushville, IN | |
| Apr 28, 3:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Rushville, IN | |
| Apr 28, 3:52 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Rushville, IN | |
| Apr 28, 4:02 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 E Rushville, IN | REPORTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 600E AND ORANGE PIKE ROAD |
| Apr 28, 4:02 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 E Rushville, IN | REPORTED NEAR CR 600E AND ORANGE PIKE ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
679 WUUS53 KIND 281939 SVRIND INC139-282015- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0029.160428T1939Z-160428T2015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 339 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 338 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RUSHVILLE...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSHVILLE...GLENWOOD AND FALMOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && LAT...LON 3956 8555 3967 8555 3975 8530 3956 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 257DEG 25KT 3962 8547 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ MRD/JP
2 follow-up statements
486 WWUS53 KIND 281954 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 354 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016 INC139-282015- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160428T2015Z/ RUSH IN- 354 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY... AT 353 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENWOOD...OR 12 MILES WEST OF CONNERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSHVILLE...GLENWOOD AND FALMOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. && LAT...LON 3956 8543 3965 8545 3972 8530 3956 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 262DEG 21KT 3962 8536 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ MRD/JP
314
WWUS53 KIND 282009
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
409 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016
INC139-282019-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160428T2015Z/
RUSH IN-
409 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RUSH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 415 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3956 8543 3965 8545 3972 8530 3956 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 257DEG 25KT 3962 8536
$$
MRD/JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 62 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence, Martin | 5 days |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Washington | 9 days |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 3 days |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 7 days |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 9 days |
| Apr 28, 11:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 9 days |
| Apr 28, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 19 min |
| Apr 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 39 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.