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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 2016Johnson County, Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 27, 8:50 PM EDTHAIL 12 W Franklin, IN1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 27, 4:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 564 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2016-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan37 min
Mar 27, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph39 min
Mar 27, 8:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan38 min
Mar 27, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Marion and 2 more51 min
Mar 27, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Rush, Shelby58 min
Mar 27, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph43 min
Mar 28, 3:45 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Decatur, Greene, Jackson and 6 more17 hr

Nearby

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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.