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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 2016Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT for Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 11, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

106 
WUUS53 KIND 112215
SVRIND
INC153-167-112245-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0049.160511T2215Z-160511T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 614 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HUTSONVILLE...
  OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  YORK...PRAIRIE CREEK...FARMERSBURG...FAIRBANKS...MEROM AND GRAYSVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8764 3922 8757 3925 8757 3925 8760
      3928 8761 3930 8760 3931 8762 3934 8758
      3934 8756 3935 8753 3938 8753 3926 8732
      3906 8757 3908 8760 3909 8762 3910 8762
      3911 8765 3912 8765 3912 8763 3913 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 216DEG 23KT 3911 8768 

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

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2 follow-up statements

439 
WWUS53 KIND 112229
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
629 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

INC153-167-112245-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160511T2245Z/
VIGO IN-SULLIVAN IN-
629 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIGO AND NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES...

AT 629 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST UNION...OR
14 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROBINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
YORK...PRAIRIE CREEK...FARMERSBURG...FAIRBANKS...MEROM AND GRAYSVILLE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8764 3922 8757 3925 8757 3925 8760
      3928 8761 3930 8760 3931 8762 3934 8758
      3934 8756 3935 8753 3938 8753 3926 8732
      3906 8757 3908 8760 3909 8762 3910 8762
      3911 8765 3912 8765 3912 8763 3913 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 216DEG 23KT 3919 8760 

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

50

942 
WWUS53 KIND 112243
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
643 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

INC153-167-112253-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160511T2245Z/
VIGO IN-SULLIVAN IN-
643 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN VIGO AND
NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 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 HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3917 8764 3922 8757 3925 8757 3925 8760
      3928 8761 3930 8760 3931 8762 3934 8758
      3934 8756 3935 8753 3938 8753 3926 8732
      3906 8757 3908 8760 3909 8762 3910 8762
      3911 8765 3912 8765 3912 8763 3913 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 216DEG 23KT 3919 8760 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 2:54 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 7 more	7 hr
May 11, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Sullivan	34 min
May 11, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	38 min
May 11, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe	35 min
May 11, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	47 min
May 11, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	38 min
May 11, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Parke, Vermillion	49 min
May 11, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen	26 min
May 11, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion	25 min
May 11, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	33 min
May 11, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	31 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.