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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 11, 2016Clay County, Greene County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2016, 7:04 PM EDT for Clay County, Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 2016-05-11Temperature 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 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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.

563 
WUUS53 KIND 112304
SVRIND
INC021-055-119-112330-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0052.160511T2304Z-160511T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  WESTERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 703 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF
  LINTON...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  SPENCER...JASONVILLE...CLAY CITY...COAL CITY...COALMONT...MCCORMICKS
  CREEK STATE PARK...PATRICKSBURG AND BOWLING GREEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3927 8724 3947 8694 3929 8674 3908 8718
      3915 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 234DEG 30KT 3920 8716 

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

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1 follow-up statement
133 
WWUS53 KIND 112319
SVSIND

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

INC055-112329-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160511T2330Z/
GREENE IN-
719 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3947 8694 3929 8674 3917 8700 3917 8720
      3927 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 236DEG 28KT 3925 8703 

$$

INC021-119-112330-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160511T2330Z/
OWEN IN-CLAY IN-
719 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN OWEN AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES...

AT 719 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF
SPENCER...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
SPENCER...CLAY CITY...COAL CITY...BOWLING GREEN...MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE
PARK AND PATRICKSBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3947 8694 3929 8674 3917 8700 3917 8720
      3927 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 236DEG 28KT 3925 8703 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:54 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 7 more7 hr
May 11, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDSullivan34 min
May 11, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDWarren38 min
May 11, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo30 min
May 11, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe35 min
May 11, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox47 min
May 11, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan38 min
May 11, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke, Vermillion49 min
May 11, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion25 min
May 11, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene33 min
May 11, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Owen31 min

Nearby

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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.