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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 23, 20164 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2016, 1:28 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 17 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 23, 2016, 1:28 AM EDT (05:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2016, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 22, 10:33 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2491 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 41.8

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The text

As transmitted.

832 
WUUS53 KIND 230528
SVRIND
INC045-107-157-171-230630-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0084.160623T0528Z-160623T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
128 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 128 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WILLIAMSPORT... OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF TEMPLETON...MOVING EAST AT 40
  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...
  LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...WEST LAFAYETTE...WILLIAMSPORT...
  ATTICA...SHADELAND...DAYTON...WAYNETOWN...DARLINGTON...LINDEN...
  WEST LEBANON...CLARKS HILL...NEW ROSS...NEW RICHMOND...WINGATE...
  NEWTOWN...PINE VILLAGE...MELLOTT...
  PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND RAINSVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 173.
 INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 46.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4029 8748 4048 8729 4048 8709 4049 8709
      4040 8670 3991 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0528Z 292DEG 36KT 4032 8723 

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

NIELD

1 follow-up statement

018 
WWUS53 KIND 230545
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
145 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

INC045-107-157-171-230555-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160623T0630Z/
FOUNTAIN IN-MONTGOMERY IN-TIPPECANOE IN-WARREN IN-
145 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...TIPPECANOE AND NORTHERN WARREN COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 4029 8748 4048 8729 4048 8709 4049 8709
      4040 8670 3991 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0544Z 292DEG 36KT 4025 8702 

$$

NIELD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Bartholomew	35 min
Jun 23, 12:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	45 min
Jun 23, 12:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	19 min
Jun 23, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 12:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	47 min
Jun 23, 12:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Tipton	37 min
Jun 23, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	30 min
Jun 23, 1:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 1:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	4 hr
Jun 23, 1:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	34 min
Jun 23, 1:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph	45 min
Jun 23, 1:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton	23 min
Jun 23, 2:08 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery	16 min
Jun 23, 2:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	62 min
Jun 23, 2:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	44 min
Jun 23, 2:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	6 hr
Jun 23, 2:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren	40 min
Jun 23, 2:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion	33 min
Jun 23, 2:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Tipton	6 hr
Jun 23, 3:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Rush	25 min
Jun 23, 3:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Hamilton, Hancock, Marion	5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.