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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 20168 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT for 8 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 6 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, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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, 4:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Indianapolis, IN	TREES DOWNED IN BUTLER TARKINGTON AREA.
Jun 15, 5:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 61	7 W Indianapolis, IN
Jun 15, 5:03 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 66	7 W Indianapolis, IN
Jun 15, 5:05 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Indianapolis, IN	FLOODED ROAD 63RD AND COLLEGE. FENCE BLOWN DOWN.
Jun 15, 5:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 66	7 W Indianapolis, IN
Jun 15, 5:18 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Indianapolis, IN	POWER OUT IN PARTS OF IRVINGTON.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

739 
WUUS53 KIND 152045
SVRIND
INC031-059-063-081-097-109-139-145-152115-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0064.160615T2045Z-160615T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 445 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAWRENCE TO NEAR BROWNSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD...
  FRANKLIN...BROWNSBURG...GREENFIELD...BEECH GROVE...MARTINSVILLE...
  SPEEDWAY...MOORESVILLE...SOUTHPORT...ADAMS...AVON...
  NEW WHITELAND...CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...
  EDINBURGH AND WHITELAND.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 128.
 INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 202.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND 102.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 61 AND 129.

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 3939 8543 3934 8639 3992 8649 3993 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 336DEG 78KT 3982 8594 3979 8644 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

LEE/TUCEK

3 follow-up statements

309 
WWUS53 KIND 152102
SVSIND

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

INC031-059-063-081-097-109-139-145-152115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160615T2115Z/
MARION IN-RUSH IN-HANCOCK IN-HENDRICKS IN-JOHNSON IN-DECATUR IN-
MORGAN IN-SHELBY IN-
502 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR MARION...SOUTHWESTERN RUSH...WESTERN HANCOCK...EASTERN
HENDRICKS...JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...EASTERN MORGAN AND
SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 501 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENFIELD TO NEAR PLAINFIELD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...PLAINFIELD...
FRANKLIN...BROWNSBURG...GREENFIELD...BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...
MOORESVILLE...SOUTHPORT...ADAMS...AVON...NEW WHITELAND...
CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...EDINBURGH...WHITELAND AND BARGERSVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 127.
 INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 202.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND 102.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 129.

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 3939 8543 3934 8639 3991 8640 3993 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 315DEG 45KT 3969 8570 3971 8634 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

LEE/TUCEK

319 
WWUS53 KIND 152109
SVSIND

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

INC063-152118-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160615T2115Z/
HENDRICKS IN-
509 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEPARATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3939 8543 3936 8629 3991 8632 3993 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 333DEG 63KT 3964 8565 3966 8629 

$$

INC031-059-081-097-109-139-145-152115-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160615T2115Z/
MARION IN-RUSH IN-HANCOCK IN-JOHNSON IN-DECATUR IN-MORGAN IN-
SHELBY IN-
509 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR MARION...SOUTHWESTERN RUSH...WESTERN HANCOCK...JOHNSON...
NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...EASTERN MORGAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE TO NEAR
MOORESVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANAPOLIS...SHELBYVILLE...GREENWOOD...LAWRENCE...FRANKLIN...
GREENFIELD...BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...SOUTHPORT...NEW WHITELAND...
CUMBERLAND...MCCORDSVILLE...WHITELAND...BARGERSVILLE...
NEW PALESTINE...MERIDIAN HILLS...WARREN PARK...CLERMONT...
GENEVA AND MORRISTOWN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND 126.
 INTERSTATE 69 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 202.
 INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 102.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 129.

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 3939 8543 3936 8629 3991 8632 3993 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 333DEG 63KT 3964 8565 3966 8629 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEE/TUCEK

647 
WWUS53 KIND 152115
SVSIND

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

INC031-059-081-097-109-139-145-152125-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-160615T2115Z/
MARION IN-RUSH IN-HANCOCK IN-JOHNSON IN-DECATUR IN-MORGAN IN-
SHELBY IN-
515 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION...SOUTHWESTERN RUSH...
WESTERN HANCOCK...JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...EASTERN MORGAN AND
SHELBY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
            
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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

LAT...LON 3939 8543 3936 8629 3991 8632 3993 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 336DEG 78KT 3964 8565 3966 8629 

$$

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, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	28 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.