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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2016, 8:17 PM EDT for Johnson County, Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
- Mar 27, 2016, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2016, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Franklin, IN | 1 INCH HAIL ON US 31 IN FRANKLIN |
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, 0.3 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.
- 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.
725 WUUS53 KIND 280017 SVRIND INC081-097-109-280045- /O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0008.160328T0017Z-160328T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 817 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA... * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 817 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF FRANKLIN...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD...FRANKLIN...NEW WHITELAND...WHITELAND... BARGERSVILLE...TRAFALGAR AND MORGANTOWN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 102. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 100. 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 3936 8623 3947 8637 3975 8595 3952 8595 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 211DEG 39KT 3949 8622 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ NIELD
1 follow-up statement
729 WWUS53 KIND 280030 SVSIND SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 INC081-097-109-280045- /O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160328T0045Z/ MARION IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN- 830 PM EDT SUN MAR 27 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARION...JOHNSON AND EAST CENTRAL MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 829 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENWOOD...OR 13 MILES WEST OF SHELBYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD...FRANKLIN...NEW WHITELAND...WHITELAND... BARGERSVILLE...TRAFALGAR AND MORGANTOWN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 102. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 100. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3936 8623 3947 8637 3975 8595 3952 8595 TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 212DEG 39KT 3957 8602 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ NIELD
The 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, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 39 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.