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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 20165 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 4:23 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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, 4:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 W Meridian Hills, IN	MULTIPLE SMALL TO MEDIA TREE LIMBS DOWN IN PARKING LOT
Jun 15, 4:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 58	4 Sse Mccordsville, IN

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 12 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 15, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

056 
WUUS53 KIND 152023
SVRIND
INC011-057-059-095-097-152100-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0061.160615T2023Z-160615T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 423 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF ZIONSVILLE TO NEAR
  SPEEDWAY...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...
  INDIANAPOLIS...ANDERSON...CARMEL...FISHERS...NOBLESVILLE...
  LAWRENCE...GREENFIELD...ZIONSVILLE...WESTFIELD...CUMBERLAND...
  MCCORDSVILLE...PENDLETON...FORTVILLE...INGALLS...LAPEL...
  NEW PALESTINE...EDGEWOOD...MERIDIAN HILLS...
  WARREN PARK AND ROCKY RIPPLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 125.
 INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 221.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 104.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3970 8577 3970 8589 3987 8631 4010 8628
      4011 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 287DEG 15KT 4004 8624 3987 8625 

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

LEE/TUCEK

1 follow-up statement

771 
WWUS53 KIND 152037
SVSIND

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

INC011-057-059-095-097-152100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-160615T2100Z/
MADISON IN-MARION IN-HANCOCK IN-HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-
437 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTHERN MARION...WESTERN HANCOCK...
HAMILTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES...

AT 437 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CARMEL TO NEAR INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...ANDERSON...CARMEL...FISHERS...NOBLESVILLE...
LAWRENCE...GREENFIELD...ZIONSVILLE...WESTFIELD...CUMBERLAND...
MCCORDSVILLE...PENDLETON...FORTVILLE...INGALLS...LAPEL...
NEW PALESTINE...EDGEWOOD...MERIDIAN HILLS...
WARREN PARK AND ROCKY RIPPLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 125.
 INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 221.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND 104.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3970 8577 3970 8589 3987 8631 4010 8628
      4011 8573
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 287DEG 23KT 4001 8611 3984 8612 

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

LEE/TUCEK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 15, 3:56 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:56 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
356 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

.UPDATE...
The SYNOPSIS...NEAR TERM and SHORT TERM Sections have been updated below.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 306 PM EDT Wed Jun 15 2016

An upper low could bring a small chance for a thunderstorm in the
northeast Thursday but will also serve to usher in cooler drier air
for Friday. The weekend should be dry with increasing temperatures
and humidity returns to end the weekend and start the work week. An
approaching frontal system will bring more thunderstorm chances
Monday night and Tuesday.

&&

.NEAR TERM /Tonight/...

Issued at 306 PM EDT Wed Jun 15 2016

Severe Thunderstorm Watch at the outset. Expect a downward trend
in convection early tonight as a weak upper trough exits the area
to the southeast...taking the bulk of the precipitation southeast
of the forecast area. Thus, lowered POPs for this evening after
00z and diminished precip quicker than the previous
forecast...matching better with our neighbors and short-range
model solutions.

&&

.SHORT TERM /Thursday through Saturday/...

Issued at 306 PM EDT Wed Jun 15 2016

The shortwave trough that is currently rounding the top of the
upper ridge over the center part of the country...will dive
southeast across the western Great Lakes and into the Ohio River
Valley on Thursday. Decided to hold on to slight chance POP over
the northwest as this feature impacts the area.

After the upper trough pushes off to the mid-Atlantic
states Thursday night and Friday our weather becomes fairly
quiet...with the upper ridge over the Great Plains beginning to
pivot and build our direction Friday through the remainder of the
timeframe. So, expect a brief cool down behind the departing
shortwave on Friday as well as dry conditions and clearing
skies...leading to mostly clear skies and warming temperatures to
start the weekend.

&&

.LONG TERM /Saturday Night through Wednesday/...
Issued at 245 PM EDT Wed Jun 15 2016

It will become warmer and continued dry Sunday and Monday as a
strong upper ridge of high pressure over the Central U.S. into
the great lakes rotates southeast across our region.  This system
will flatten out some after Monday as models bring a weak upper
trough digs into the great lakes.

This will allow a cold front to move our way by Tuesday and then
stall across the Ohio valley Wednesday.  Models have trended slower
with the front and Monday now looks dry.   Our best chance of
thunderstorms will occur Tuesday.   Will also keep a chance of
thunderstorms across our south Wednesday and a slight chance
elsewhere due to low confidence.

Tweaked highs up slightly early next week with the strong upper
ridge.  Otherwise...stayed close to model initialized temperatures.
Highs will be in the upper 80s to lower 90s Sunday...lower 90s
Monday and mostly in the 80s Tuesday on.  Lows will be in the
60s Sunday night...warming to around 70 Monday night and middle
to upper 60s Tuesday night.

&&

.AVIATION /dISCUSSION FOR 15/1800Z TAF ISSUANCE/...
Issued at 1250 PM EDT Wed Jun 15 2016

A period of thunderstorms this afternoon...especially KIND and KBMG.
Otherwise...VFR outside of any thunderstorm.

Low pressure over northern Wisconsin will move southeast across the
great lakes tonight.  Scattered to locally numerous thunderstorms
will develop ahead of a trailing cold front.  High resolution models
shows quite a bit of activity from 19Z to about 23Z and then only
isolated at best after that.  Will add VCTS to all TAF sites near
or slightly after 19z and could see a couple hours of Tempo storms
at KIND and KBMG.

After that...it will be VFR with scattered CU in the evening and
mostly clear by midnight.   Will mention some MVFR fog at KBMG late
tonight.

Winds will be southwest up to 12 knots becoming west 6 knots or less
tonight and northwest up to 15 knots by late Thursday morning.

&&

.IND Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NONE.
&&

SYNOPSIS...MRD
NEAR TERM...MRD
SHORT TERM...MRD
LONG TERM....JH
AVIATION...JH

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 5:09 AM EDT, 11 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
509 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-160915-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-
TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-
HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-
RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
509 AM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAT INDEX
VALUES IN THE MID 90S TO LOW 100S ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS. LARGE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. HEAT.

TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

DISCUSSION: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS
MORNING WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE MORNING. AFTER A LULL
EXPECT MORE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA INTERACTS WITH AN UNSTABLE
AIR MASS AND AN UPPER WAVE TO BRING CHANCES FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL
BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OUTLOOK: THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
NORTHEAST INDIANA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THEN THERE ARE CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING. AT
THIS TIME SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

DISCUSSION: AN UPPER WAVE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA WILL
BRING A SMALL CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM TO THE NORTHEASTERN
COUNTIES ON THURSDAY. AFTER A DRY WEEKEND, ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM
WILL APPROACH TO START THE WORK WEEK THAT WILL BRING MORE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

CP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:49 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
349 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HAIL             WHITESTOWN              40.00N  86.35W
06/15/2016  E0.25 INCH       BOONE              IN   PUBLIC

&&

BHH

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:51 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
351 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0346 PM     HAIL             DUGGER                  39.07N  87.26W
06/15/2016  E0.25 INCH       SULLIVAN           IN   PUBLIC

&&

BHH

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:55 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
355 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0351 PM     HAIL             DUGGER                  39.07N  87.26W
06/15/2016  E0.70 INCH       SULLIVAN           IN   PUBLIC

&&

BHH

Local storm report, Jun 15, 3:57 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
357 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0353 PM     HAIL             3 SSW ZIONSVILLE        39.91N  86.29W
06/15/2016  E0.88 INCH       MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

BHH

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:08 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
408 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0404 PM     HAIL             4 SE ZIONSVILLE         39.91N  86.22W
06/15/2016  E0.25 INCH       MARION             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            LOCATED AT 79TH STREET AND MICHIGAN ROAD

&&

BHH

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
420 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0416 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S CASTLETON           39.88N  86.05W
06/15/2016  M42 MPH          MARION             IN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ALSO 0.25 DIAMETER HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

&&

DRT

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, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Martin	37 min
Jun 15, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton	33 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.