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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN

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

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 4:32 PM EDT for Daviess County, Knox County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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, 4:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Plainville, IN	TREE AND LIMBS DOWNED.

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
Jun 15, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.

838 
WUUS53 KIND 152032
SVRIND
INC027-083-101-152100-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0063.160615T2032Z-160615T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 431 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SHOALS...OR 25 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...PUBLIC. AT 428 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A MEASURED 59 MPH
           WIND GUST 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ODON.

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WASHINGTON...SHOALS...LOOGOOTEE...ODON...ELNORA...PLAINVILLE...
  SANDBORN...MONTGOMERY...EDWARDSPORT...CRANE...CANNELBURG...
  ALFORDSVILLE...ROLAND...WEST BOGGS LAKE...LACY...
  GLENDALE FISHERY...BURNS CITY AND INDIAN SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3851 8693 3850 8696 3851 8700 3851 8707
      3854 8711 3853 8712 3853 8714 3852 8713
      3852 8715 3855 8718 3855 8720 3854 8722
      3854 8725 3853 8726 3890 8726 3890 8670
      3881 8668 3853 8668 3853 8683 3849 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 307DEG 17KT 3879 8695 

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

LEE/TUCEK

1 follow-up statement

493 
WWUS53 KIND 152048
SVSIND

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

INC027-083-101-152100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160615T2100Z/
KNOX IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
448 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX...MARTIN AND DAVIESS COUNTIES...

AT 448 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHOALS...OR 21
MILES WEST OF BEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...SHOALS...LOOGOOTEE...ODON...ELNORA...PLAINVILLE...
SANDBORN...MONTGOMERY...EDWARDSPORT...CRANE...CANNELBURG...
ALFORDSVILLE...ROLAND...WEST BOGGS LAKE...LACY...GLENDALE FISHERY...
BURNS CITY AND INDIAN SPRINGS.

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 3851 8693 3850 8696 3851 8700 3851 8707
      3854 8711 3853 8712 3853 8714 3852 8713
      3852 8715 3855 8718 3855 8720 3854 8722
      3854 8725 3853 8726 3890 8726 3890 8670
      3881 8668 3853 8668 3853 8683 3849 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 307DEG 17KT 3874 8686 

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, 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, 4:23 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, 4:45 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.