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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 2016Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2016, 7:47 PM EDT for Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
Mar 27, 2016, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2016, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 8:02 PM EDTHAIL 1Brooklyn, IN
Mar 27, 8:05 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Centerton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

683 
WUUS53 KIND 272347
SVRIND
INC109-280015-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0005.160327T2347Z-160328T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 747 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  MARTINSVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARTINSVILLE...MOORESVILLE...BROOKLYN...MONROVIA...PARAGON...BETHANY...
  CENTERTON...WAVERLY AND LAKE HART.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 NEAR MILE MARKER 61.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3960 8650 3960 8647 3963 8647 3963 8625
      3950 8625 3936 8653 3946 8663 3947 8663
      3947 8664 3949 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 221DEG 39KT 3944 8650 

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

NIELD
1 follow-up statement
498 
WWUS53 KIND 272357
SVSIND

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

INC109-280015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160328T0015Z/
MORGAN IN-
757 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY...

AT 756 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARTINSVILLE...
OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARTINSVILLE...MOORESVILLE...BROOKLYN...MONROVIA...BETHANY...CENTERTON...
WAVERLY AND LAKE HART.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 NEAR MILE MARKER 61.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3960 8650 3960 8647 3963 8647 3963 8625
      3950 8625 3941 8643 3949 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 221DEG 39KT 3952 8641 

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

NIELD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward, Tipton44 min
Mar 27, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene35 min
Mar 27, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Tipton54 min
Mar 27, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison, Marion48 min
Mar 27, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison17 min
Mar 27, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Madison64 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.