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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 6, 2016Bartholomew County, Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 10:37 AM EDT for Bartholomew County, Johnson County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 23 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: Jul 6, 2016, 10:37 AM EDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

780 
WUUS53 KIND 061437
SVRIND
INC005-081-145-061500-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0093.160706T1437Z-160706T1500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1037 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT

* AT 1037 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLUMBUS...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLUMBUS...EDINBURGH...HOPE...FLAT ROCK...HARTSVILLE...CLIFFORD...
  GRAMMER...TAYLORSVILLE AND NEWBERN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 84.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3917 8608 3934 8608 3943 8594 3932 8568
      3913 8569
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 284DEG 26KT 3931 8601 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PUMA

2 follow-up statements

892 
WWUS53 KIND 061450
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1050 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

INC081-145-061500-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160706T1500Z/
JOHNSON IN-SHELBY IN-
1050 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3913 8569 3917 8608 3927 8604 3935 8592
      3935 8576 3932 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1450Z 297DEG 33KT 3929 8579 

$$

INC005-061500-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160706T1500Z/
BARTHOLOMEW IN-
1050 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
FOR BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY...

AT 1050 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF COLUMBUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLUMBUS...HOPE...HARTSVILLE...CLIFFORD...GRAMMER...TAYLORSVILLE AND
NEWBERN.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 66 AND 78.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 8569 3917 8608 3927 8604 3935 8592
      3935 8576 3932 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1450Z 297DEG 33KT 3929 8579 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PUMA

458 
WWUS53 KIND 061459
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1059 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

INC005-061508-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-160706T1500Z/
BARTHOLOMEW IN-
1059 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1100 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 3913 8569 3917 8608 3927 8604 3935 8592
      3935 8576 3932 8568
TIME...MOT...LOC 1454Z 284DEG 26KT 3929 8579 

$$

PUMA

The 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, 10:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	37 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.