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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2016Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2016, 6:40 PM EDT for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 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: May 1, 2016, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Jennings County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

As transmitted.

047 
WUUS53 KIND 012240
SVRIND
INC079-012300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0034.160501T2240Z-160501T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
640 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 639 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
  VERNON...OR 22 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BUTLERVILLE AND NEBRASKA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3891 8552 3900 8561 3914 8544 3891 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 232DEG 34KT 3898 8547 

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

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

259 
WWUS53 KIND 012249
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
649 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC079-012300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160501T2300Z/
JENNINGS IN-
649 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY...

AT 648 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VERSAILLES...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BATESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3891 8552 3899 8553 3908 8544 3891 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 231DEG 27KT 3901 8541 

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

PUMA

664 
WWUS53 KIND 012258
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
658 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC079-012307-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160501T2300Z/
JENNINGS IN-
658 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JENNINGS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3891 8552 3899 8553 3908 8544 3891 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 232DEG 34KT 3901 8541 

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	41 min
May 1, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	46 min
May 1, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Martin	33 min
May 1, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Lawrence	62 min
May 1, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jennings	42 min
May 1, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	48 min
May 1, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.