Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2016, 7:47 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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 7, 2016, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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 7, 8:02 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Vincennes, IN | TREES DOWN ON OR NEAR US 41 |
| May 7, 8:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Monroe City, IN | UTILITY LINES DOWN ON STATE ROAD 61 BETWEEN VINCENNES AND MONROE CITY |
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 7, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2063 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
053
WUUS53 KIND 072347
SVRIND
INC083-080030-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0048.160507T2347Z-160508T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
747 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 747 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PALESTINE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF ROBINSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
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...
VINCENNES...RUSSELLVILLE...BICKNELL...OAKTOWN...BRUCEVILLE...
EDWARDSPORT...FREELANDVILLE AND VINCENNES UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 8753 3890 8724 3882 8724 3878 8725
3878 8726 3875 8729 3865 8736 3868 8754
3869 8752 3871 8752 3874 8750 3877 8750
3877 8751 3878 8749 3882 8753 3885 8753
3886 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 317DEG 24KT 3896 8749
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAS2 follow-up statements
271
WWUS53 KIND 080005
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
805 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016
INC083-080030-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160508T0030Z/
KNOX IN-
805 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY...
AT 805 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
RUSSELLVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BICKNELL...BRUCEVILLE AND EDWARDSPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3880 8749 3887 8737 3881 8724 3878 8725
3878 8726 3875 8729 3865 8736 3866 8743
3873 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751 3878 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 315DEG 37KT 3878 8740
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JAS966
WWUS53 KIND 080025
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
825 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016
INC083-080034-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160508T0030Z/
KNOX IN-
825 PM EDT SAT MAY 7 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3880 8749 3887 8737 3881 8724 3878 8725
3878 8726 3875 8729 3865 8736 3866 8743
3873 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751 3878 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 317DEG 24KT 3878 8740
$$
JASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 37 min |
| May 7, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 42 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.