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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2016Clay County, Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2016, 8:03 PM EDT for Clay County, Parke County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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: May 1, 2016, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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
May 1, 8:30 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 S Greencastle, IN	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ABOUT 4 MILES DUE SOUTH GREENCASTLE. EXTENDING HALFWAY TO THE GROUND.
May 1, 8:38 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Greencastle, IN	BROKEN WINDOWS FROM HAIL.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 1, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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.

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: 71 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

900 
WUUS53 KIND 020003
SVRIND
INC021-121-133-020045-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0036.160502T0003Z-160502T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 803 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRAZIL...OR 15
  MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENCASTLE...BRAZIL...CLOVERDALE...KNIGHTSVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...HARMONY...
  FILLMORE...CARBON...BRIDGETON...BELLE UNION...LENA...REELSVILLE AND
  GROVELAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 47.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM...A
BATHROOM...CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8723 3952 8720 3961 8720 3961 8722
      3965 8722 3983 8669 3949 8669 3950 8723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 250DEG 30KT 3958 8713 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

NIELD

2 follow-up statements

536 
WWUS53 KIND 020017
SVSIND

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

INC021-121-133-020045-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160502T0045Z/
PUTNAM IN-PARKE IN-CLAY IN-
817 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR PUTNAM...SOUTHEASTERN PARKE AND NORTH CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 817 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
GREENCASTLE...OR 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENCASTLE...CLOVERDALE...BAINBRIDGE...HARMONY...FILLMORE...CARBON...BELLE
UNION...LENA...REELSVILLE AND GROVELAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 47.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM...
A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3983 8669 3949 8669 3954 8713 3965 8713
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 248DEG 31KT 3961 8699 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

NIELD

851 
WWUS53 KIND 020028
SVSIND

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

INC021-121-020037-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160502T0045Z/
PARKE IN-CLAY IN-
828 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PARKE AND NORTH
CENTRAL CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

AN ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
PARKE COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3970 8701 3983 8669 3949 8669 3953 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 249DEG 29KT 3963 8691 

$$

INC133-020045-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160502T0045Z/
PUTNAM IN-
828 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR PUTNAM COUNTY...

AT 827 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENCASTLE...OR
27 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENCASTLE...CLOVERDALE...BAINBRIDGE...FILLMORE...BELLE UNION...
REELSVILLE AND GROVELAND.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 47.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ALL TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND
TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER...SUCH AS AN INTERIOR ROOM...
A BATHROOM OR CLOSET OR BASEMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3970 8701 3983 8669 3949 8669 3953 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 249DEG 29KT 3963 8691 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	25 min
May 1, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	48 min
May 1, 8:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery, Tippecanoe	44 min
May 1, 8:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam	27 min
May 1, 8:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	40 min
May 1, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	64 min
May 1, 9:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Putnam	25 min
May 1, 9:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	46 min
May 1, 9:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	48 min
May 1, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	50 min
May 1, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock, Marion, Shelby	42 min
May 1, 9:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe	46 min
May 1, 10:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	42 min
May 1, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	35 min
May 1, 10:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison	17 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.