Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 10:08 AM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min. 4 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
- Jul 6, 2016, 10:08 AM EDT (14:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 10:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:20 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bruceville, IN | TREE DOWNED ON DAVIS ROAD. EVENT TIME CORRECTED. |
| Jul 6, 10:29 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bruceville, IN | TREE DOWNED ON DAVIS ROAD. |
| Jul 6, 10:32 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Decker, IN | TREE DOWNED ON POWER LINES ON HOLSCHER RD. |
| Jul 6, 10:48 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Vincennes, IN | TREE DOWNED ON POWER LINES AT PARKINSON ST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -392 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
424
WUUS53 KIND 061408
SVRIND
INC083-061445-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0092.160706T1408Z-160706T1445Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1008 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
* AT 1007 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
VINCENNES... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINCENNES...BICKNELL...OAKTOWN...MONROE CITY...WHEATLAND...
BRUCEVILLE...SANDBORN...EDWARDSPORT...DECKER...
FREELANDVILLE AND VINCENNES UNIVERSITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
WIND DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM WILL OCCUR BEFORE ANY RAIN OR LIGHTNING.
DO NOT WAIT FOR THE SOUND OF THUNDER BEFORE TAKING COVER. SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8761 3864 8761
3874 8750 3890 8752 3890 8715 3880 8723
3882 8724 3873 8727 3858 8730 3855 8724
3854 8737 3851 8738 3854 8743 3850 8749
3852 8754 3846 8759 3842 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1407Z 307DEG 39KT 3873 8751
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
490
WWUS53 KIND 061420
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1020 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
INC083-061445-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160706T1445Z/
KNOX IN-
1020 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY...
AT 1019 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VINCENNES...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINCENNES...BICKNELL...MONROE CITY...WHEATLAND...SANDBORN...
EDWARDSPORT AND DECKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8761 3864 8761
3870 8749 3879 8734 3890 8720 3890 8715
3880 8723 3882 8724 3873 8727 3858 8730
3855 8724 3854 8737 3851 8738 3854 8743
3850 8749 3852 8754 3846 8759 3842 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 309DEG 37KT 3861 8735
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
PUMA256
WWUS53 KIND 061442
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1042 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
INC083-061452-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-160706T1445Z/
KNOX IN-
1042 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1045 AM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8761 3864 8761
3870 8749 3879 8734 3890 8720 3890 8715
3880 8723 3882 8724 3873 8727 3858 8730
3855 8724 3854 8737 3851 8738 3854 8743
3850 8749 3852 8754 3846 8759 3842 8774
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 307DEG 39KT 3861 8735
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Tippecanoe, Warren | 54 min |
| Jul 6, 8:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 23 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.