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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 2016Carroll County, Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 5:50 PM EDT for Carroll County, Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
Jun 20, 2016, 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 5:56 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG2 Nw Battle Ground, INTREE DOWN... APPROX 35FT TALL AND 5FT DIAMETER
Jun 20, 6:14 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGRossville, INTREES DOWNED IN ROSSVILLE.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

747 
WUUS53 KIND 202150
SVRIND
INC015-023-157-202215-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0072.160620T2150Z-160620T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
550 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 550 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BROOKSTON...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MONTICELLO...DELPHI...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...DAYTON...BATTLE GROUND...
  MULBERRY...CAMDEN AND YEOMAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 184.
 
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 4074 8656 4073 8652 4069 8652 4069 8637
      4058 8637 4030 8668 4056 8696 4056 8677
      4066 8677 4068 8674 4068 8676 4069 8675
      4070 8676 4072 8675 4073 8676 4074 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 302DEG 31KT 4065 8683 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEE/MFK
1 follow-up statement
529 
WWUS53 KIND 202204
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
604 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

INC015-023-157-202215-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-160620T2215Z/
CARROLL IN-CLINTON IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
604 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT
FOR CARROLL...NORTHWESTERN CLINTON AND NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE
COUNTIES...

AT 603 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DELPHI...OR 11
MILES SOUTH OF MONTICELLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. AT 556 PM...AMATEUR RADIO
         OPERATORS REOPRTED A TREE DOWN 2 MILES NORTHWEST BATTLE
         GROUND DUE TO THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTICELLO...DELPHI...FLORA...ROSSVILLE...DAYTON...BATTLE GROUND...
MULBERRY...CAMDEN AND YEOMAN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 184.
 
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 4074 8656 4073 8652 4069 8652 4069 8637
      4058 8637 4030 8668 4056 8696 4056 8677
      4066 8677 4068 8674 4068 8676 4069 8675
      4070 8676 4072 8675 4073 8676 4074 8675
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 302DEG 31KT 4059 8670 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LEE/MFK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard33 min
Jun 20, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison26 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.