Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2016, 8:10 PM EDT for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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
- Mar 27, 2016, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2016, 8:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:24 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Parker City, IN | |
| Mar 27, 8:34 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | Parker City, IN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1161 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
001
WUUS53 KIND 280010
SVRIND
INC035-135-280100-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0007.160328T0010Z-160328T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
810 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 810 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MUNCIE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MUNCIE...ALBANY...EATON...PARKER CITY...FARMLAND...SELMA...RIDGEVILLE...
SARATOGA...PRAIRIE CREEK RESERVOIR AND BALL STATE UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4007 8521 4008 8534 4014 8547 4038 8534
4037 8522 4031 8522 4031 8486 4030 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 226DEG 32KT 4018 8528
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
NIELD3 follow-up statements
170
WWUS53 KIND 280020
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
820 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
INC035-135-280100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160328T0100Z/
RANDOLPH IN-DELAWARE IN-
820 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN RANDOLPH AND EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTIES...
AT 819 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
ALBANY...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBANY...PARKER CITY...FARMLAND...SELMA...RIDGEVILLE AND PRAIRIE CREEK
RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4010 8521 4013 8532 4038 8528 4037 8522
4031 8522 4031 8486 4030 8480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 234DEG 29KT 4021 8520
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NIELD918
WWUS53 KIND 280032
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
832 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
INC035-280041-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160328T0100Z/
DELAWARE IN-
832 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4015 8521 4031 8522 4031 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 224DEG 31KT 4028 8512
$$
INC135-280100-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160328T0100Z/
RANDOLPH IN-
832 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY...
AT 831 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REDKEY...OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNKIRK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBANY...PARKER CITY...FARMLAND AND RIDGEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4015 8521 4031 8522 4031 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 224DEG 31KT 4028 8512
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
NIELD540
WWUS53 KIND 280049
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
849 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
INC135-280059-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160328T0100Z/
RANDOLPH IN-
849 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4015 8521 4031 8522 4031 8486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 226DEG 32KT 4039 8497
$$
NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 37 min |
| Mar 27, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion and 2 more | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby | 58 min |
| Mar 27, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more | 17 hr |
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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.