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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 20169 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT for 9 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 30 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, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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, 5:35 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sullivan, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.

917 
WUUS53 KIND 152130
SVRIND
INC021-055-063-109-119-121-133-153-167-152200-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0069.160615T2130Z-160615T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 529 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF GREENCASTLE TO PALESTINE...MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENCASTLE...BRAZIL...LINTON...SULLIVAN...BLOOMFIELD...SPENCER...
  JASONVILLE...CLOVERDALE...WORTHINGTON...SHELBURN...FARMERSBURG...
  DUGGER...KNIGHTSVILLE...CLAY CITY...GOSPORT...HYMERA...
  BAINBRIDGE...LYONS...PARAGON AND HARMONY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 56.
 
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 3983 8690 3953 8642 3934 8662 3936 8665
      3933 8666 3934 8669 3928 8668 3890 8708
      3891 8721 3905 8757 3908 8760 3909 8762
      3910 8761 3911 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 274DEG 38KT 3977 8681 3900 8758 

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

LEE/TUCEK

2 follow-up statements

238 
WWUS53 KIND 152146
SVSIND

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

INC063-121-152156-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160615T2200Z/
HENDRICKS IN-PARKE IN-
546 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HENDRICKS AND
SOUTHEASTERN PARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3977 8684 3968 8669 3963 8669 3963 8664
      3960 8665 3960 8654 3953 8642 3934 8662
      3936 8665 3933 8666 3934 8669 3928 8669
      3890 8708 3891 8721 3905 8757 3909 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 274DEG 38KT 3976 8660 3899 8737 

$$

INC021-055-109-119-133-153-167-152200-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160615T2200Z/
PUTNAM IN-GREENE IN-VIGO IN-OWEN IN-MORGAN IN-CLAY IN-SULLIVAN IN-
546 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR PUTNAM...WESTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN VIGO...OWEN...WESTERN
MORGAN...CLAY AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES...

AT 546 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DANVILLE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SULLIVAN...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENCASTLE...BRAZIL...LINTON...SULLIVAN...BLOOMFIELD...SPENCER...
JASONVILLE...CLOVERDALE...WORTHINGTON...SHELBURN...FARMERSBURG...
DUGGER...KNIGHTSVILLE...CLAY CITY...GOSPORT...HYMERA...LYONS...
PARAGON...HARMONY AND FILLMORE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 56.
 
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 3977 8684 3968 8669 3963 8669 3963 8664
      3960 8665 3960 8654 3953 8642 3934 8662
      3936 8665 3933 8666 3934 8669 3928 8669
      3890 8708 3891 8721 3905 8757 3909 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 274DEG 38KT 3976 8660 3899 8737 

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

LEE/TUCEK

511 
WWUS53 KIND 152156
SVSIND

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

INC021-055-109-119-133-153-167-152206-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-160615T2200Z/
PUTNAM IN-GREENE IN-VIGO IN-OWEN IN-MORGAN IN-CLAY IN-SULLIVAN IN-
556 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PUTNAM...WESTERN GREENE...
SOUTHEASTERN VIGO...OWEN...WESTERN MORGAN...CLAY AND SULLIVAN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...
            
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 WILL BE 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
SOUTH CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3977 8684 3968 8669 3963 8669 3963 8664
      3960 8665 3960 8654 3953 8642 3934 8662
      3936 8665 3933 8666 3934 8669 3928 8669
      3890 8708 3891 8721 3905 8757 3909 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 274DEG 38KT 3976 8660 3899 8737 

$$

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, 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, 5:44 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.