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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 20, 2016Boone County, Clinton County, Hamilton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 11:57 PM EDT for Boone County, Clinton County, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2016, 11:57 PM EDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2016, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Hamilton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2024 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2024 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

As transmitted.

090 
WUUS53 KIND 210357
SVRIND
INC011-023-057-210430-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0075.160621T0357Z-160621T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1157 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1157 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NOBLESVILLE...LEBANON...WESTFIELD...CICERO...SHERIDAN...KIRKLIN...
  ULEN AND MORSE RESERVOIR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 149.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4020 8621 4016 8610 4005 8586 4001 8586
      4002 8654 4015 8657 4026 8643
TIME...MOT...LOC 0357Z 289DEG 54KT 4018 8642 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

PUMA
2 follow-up statements
049 
WWUS53 KIND 210411
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1211 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

INC023-210421-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160621T0430Z/
CLINTON IN-
1211 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4016 8610 4005 8586 4001 8586 4002 8654
      4013 8634 4018 8630 4018 8624 4020 8624
      4020 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 294DEG 53KT 4011 8621 

$$

INC011-057-210430-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160621T0430Z/
HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-
1211 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL HAMILTON AND NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES...

AT 1211 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF
NOBLESVILLE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NOBLESVILLE...LEBANON...WESTFIELD...CICERO...SHERIDAN...
ULEN AND MORSE RESERVOIR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 137 AND 140.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4016 8610 4005 8586 4001 8586 4002 8654
      4013 8634 4018 8630 4018 8624 4020 8624
      4020 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0411Z 294DEG 53KT 4011 8621 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

PUMA
263 
WWUS53 KIND 210425
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1225 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

INC011-057-210435-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-160621T0430Z/
HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-
1225 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HAMILTON AND
NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM EDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4016 8610 4005 8586 4001 8586 4002 8654
      4013 8634 4018 8630 4018 8624 4020 8624
      4020 8621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 289DEG 54KT 4011 8621 

$$

PUMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJohnson42 min
Jun 20, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Rush41 min
Jun 20, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.