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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 2016Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 3:53 PM EDT for Daviess County, Greene County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 15, 2016, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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
Jun 15, 4:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Odon, IN	TREES AND UTILITY LINES DOWN AROUND DOWN. RELAYED BY MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jun 15, 4:28 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 E Odon, IN	RELAYED BY MEDIA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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-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: 1089 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

As transmitted.

230 
WUUS53 KIND 151953
SVRIND
INC027-055-101-152030-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0059.160615T1953Z-160615T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
353 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT

* AT 353 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  LINTON...OR 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 15
  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...
  BLOOMFIELD...ODON...LYONS...ELNORA...NEWBERRY...CRANE...
  BURNS CITY AND OWENSBURG.

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 3885 8714 3887 8714 3886 8713 3888 8713
      3888 8712 3889 8713 3889 8711 3890 8709
      3891 8722 3896 8723 3907 8668 3879 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 265DEG 15KT 3890 8717 

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

LEE/TUCEK

1 follow-up statement

491 
WWUS53 KIND 152017
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
417 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

INC027-055-101-152030-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-160615T2030Z/
GREENE IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
417 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHERN MARTIN AND NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS
COUNTIES...

AT 416 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BLOOMFIELD...OR 29 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ODON...ELNORA...NEWBERRY...CRANE...OWENSBURG AND BURNS CITY. 

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 3885 8714 3887 8714 3886 8713 3888 8713
      3888 8712 3889 8713 3889 8711 3890 8709
      3894 8711 3907 8668 3879 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 265DEG 15KT 3891 8704 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEE/TUCEK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene, Sullivan	42 min
Jun 15, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Greene	39 min
Jun 15, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hamilton	40 min
Jun 15, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Marion	37 min
Jun 15, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Owen, Sullivan	31 min
Jun 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton	33 min
Jun 15, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion	37 min
Jun 15, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Greene, Monroe, Owen	35 min
Jun 15, 4:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	3 hr
Jun 15, 4:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Marion	2 hr
Jun 15, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	28 min
Jun 15, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan and 2 more	30 min
Jun 15, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery	36 min
Jun 15, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Lawrence, Martin	32 min
Jun 15, 5:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and 1 more	25 min
Jun 15, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry, Rush	32 min
Jun 15, 5:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Vigo	56 min
Jun 15, 5:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Boone, Hamilton	2 hr
Jun 15, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Hendricks, Morgan, Owen, Parke and 3 more	30 min
Jun 15, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Sullivan	31 min
Jun 15, 6:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Marion	3 hr
Jun 15, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Rush, Shelby	23 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.