Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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, 8:02 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Brooklyn, IN | |
| Mar 27, 8:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | Centerton, 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
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.
- 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
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
$$
NIELD1 follow-up statement
498
WWUS53 KIND 272357
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
757 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
INC109-280015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160328T0015Z/
MORGAN IN-
757 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY...
AT 756 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MARTINSVILLE...
OR 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MARTINSVILLE...MOORESVILLE...BROOKLYN...MONROVIA...BETHANY...CENTERTON...
WAVERLY AND LAKE HART.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 NEAR MILE MARKER 61.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3960 8650 3960 8647 3963 8647 3963 8625
3950 8625 3941 8643 3949 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 221DEG 39KT 3952 8641
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
NIELDThe 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, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 17 min |
| Mar 27, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware, Madison | 64 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.