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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2016Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2016, 10:11 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2016, 10:46 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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
May 1, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

689 
WUUS53 KIND 020211
SVRIND
INC139-020300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0045.160502T0211Z-160502T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1011 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 1011 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENFIELD...
  OR 14 MILES NORTH OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSHVILLE...GLENWOOD...KNIGHTSTOWN...CARTHAGE...MAYS...FALMOUTH AND
  ARLINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3965 8563 3979 8563 3979 8530 3958 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 272DEG 33KT 3972 8569 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

NIELD

3 follow-up statements

711 
WWUS53 KIND 020231
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1031 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC139-020300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160502T0300Z/
RUSH IN-
1031 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY...

AT 1031 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
RUSHVILLE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSHVILLE...GLENWOOD...KNIGHTSTOWN...CARTHAGE...MAYS AND FALMOUTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3967 8558 3979 8557 3979 8530 3958 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 269DEG 30KT 3975 8548 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

NIELD

513 
WWUS53 KIND 020236
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1036 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC139-020300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160502T0300Z/
RUSH IN-
1036 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY...

AT 1036 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF
RUSHVILLE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAYS AND FALMOUTH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3970 8550 3979 8549 3979 8530 3968 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 263DEG 33KT 3976 8541 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

NIELD

462 
WWUS53 KIND 020246
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1046 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

INC139-020256-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160502T0300Z/
RUSH IN-
1046 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3970 8550 3979 8549 3979 8530 3968 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 272DEG 33KT 3976 8529 

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Parke, Putnam	42 min
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, 10:27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.