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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Indianapolis, IN

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

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 4:58 PM EDT for Daviess County, Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Daviess County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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, 5:04 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	3 Sw Williams, IN	TORRENTIAL RAIN AS WELL.

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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.

822 
WUUS53 KIND 152058
SVRIND
INC027-093-101-152130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0066.160615T2058Z-160615T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 458 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF SHOALS TO NEAR WASHINGTON...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WASHINGTON...SHOALS...LOOGOOTEE...ODON...PLAINVILLE...MONTGOMERY...
  CANNELBURG...ALFORDSVILLE...HURON...WILLIAMS...ROLAND...
  WEST BOGGS LAKE...LACY...SILVERVILLE...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 THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 8700 3850 8706 3851 8708 3882 8722
      3881 8721 3882 8721 3882 8719 3883 8720
      3883 8717 3884 8717 3887 8660 3869 8653
      3869 8668 3853 8668 3853 8683 3849 8688
      3851 8693 3849 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 301DEG 52KT 3867 8662 3868 8723 

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

LEE/TUCEK

2 follow-up statements

629 
WWUS53 KIND 152117
SVSIND

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

INC027-093-101-152130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160615T2130Z/
LAWRENCE IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
517 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE...MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS
COUNTIES...

AT 516 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF PAOLI TO 11 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHOALS...LOOGOOTEE...MONTGOMERY...CANNELBURG...ALFORDSVILLE...
HURON...WILLIAMS...ROLAND...WEST BOGGS LAKE...
INDIAN SPRINGS AND LACY.

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 3869 8713 3880 8691 3887 8660 3869 8653
      3869 8668 3853 8668 3853 8683 3849 8688
      3851 8693 3849 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 288DEG 33KT 3870 8652 3855 8695 

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

LEE/TUCEK

041 
WWUS53 KIND 152125
SVSIND

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

INC027-093-101-152135-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160615T2130Z/
LAWRENCE IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
525 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAWRENCE...MARTIN
AND SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 3869 8713 3880 8691 3887 8660 3869 8653
      3869 8668 3853 8668 3853 8683 3849 8688
      3851 8693 3849 8695
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 301DEG 52KT 3870 8652 3855 8695 

$$

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, 4:45 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, 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.