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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 2016Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2016, 6:12 PM EDT for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report 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: Mar 27, 2016, 6:12 PM EDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2016, 6:29 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Madison County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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
Mar 27, 6:18 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Elwood, IN

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
Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

756 
WUUS53 KIND 272212
SVRIND
INC095-272300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0004.160327T2212Z-160327T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
612 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 612 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELWOOD...OR
  10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FAIRMOUNT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...SUMMITVILLE...ORESTES AND RIGDON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4023 8558 4024 8586 4038 8586 4038 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 228DEG 31KT 4030 8578 

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

NIELD

2 follow-up statements

637 
WWUS53 KIND 272218
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
618 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

INC095-272300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
MADISON IN-
618 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY...

AT 618 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRMOUNT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...SUMMITVILLE...ORESTES AND RIGDON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4029 8558 4025 8569 4027 8583 4038 8584
      4038 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 224DEG 32KT 4035 8573 

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

NIELD

401 
WWUS53 KIND 272229
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
629 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

INC095-272238-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160327T2300Z/
MADISON IN-
629 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED 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 4029 8558 4025 8569 4027 8583 4038 8584
      4038 8558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 228DEG 31KT 4041 8564 

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Howard, Tipton	44 min
Mar 27, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	35 min
Mar 27, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	54 min
Mar 27, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Marion	48 min
Mar 27, 7:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Delaware, Madison	64 min
Mar 27, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	28 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.