Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 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.
- 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
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
$$
501 follow-up statement
133
WWUS53 KIND 112319
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
719 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016
INC055-112329-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160511T2330Z/
GREENE IN-
719 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3947 8694 3929 8674 3917 8700 3917 8720
3927 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 236DEG 28KT 3925 8703
$$
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
$$
50The 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, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 30 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, 7:05 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 |
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.