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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 2016Clay County, Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT for Clay County, Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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 13, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vigo County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 3:54 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTerre Haute, INONE 12 TO 18 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN ON SEVERAL VEHICLES AT PUBLIC LIBRARY AT 7TH STREET AND POPLAR STREET. TIME ESTIMATED.
Jul 13, 4:01 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Terre Haute, INLOCATED AT 12TH STREET AND WABASH
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDTHAIL 1.25Terre Haute, INJUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1355 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

083 
WUUS53 KIND 131930
SVRIND
INC021-121-167-132000-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0098.160713T1930Z-160713T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
330 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 329 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  DENNISON...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARSHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 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...
  TERRE HAUTE...WEST TERRE HAUTE...SEELYVILLE...ROSEDALE...
  STAUNTON...NORTH TERRE HAUTE...INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...
  SHEPARDSVILLE AND FONTANET.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8753 3961 8741 3961 8738 3963 8739
      3972 8726 3941 8711 3937 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 237DEG 24KT 3944 8757 

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

LEE/TUCEK
1 follow-up statement
379 
WWUS53 KIND 131939
SVSIND

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
339 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

INC021-121-167-132000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-160713T2000Z/
CLAY IN-PARKE IN-VIGO IN-
339 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CLAY...SOUTH CENTRAL PARKE AND NORTHERN VIGO
COUNTIES...

AT 338 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DENNISON...OR
NEAR TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
TERRE HAUTE...WEST TERRE HAUTE...SEELYVILLE...ROSEDALE...STAUNTON...
NORTH TERRE HAUTE...INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY...
SHEPARDSVILLE AND FONTANET.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 22.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3952 8753 3961 8741 3961 8738 3963 8739
      3972 8726 3941 8711 3937 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 242DEG 24KT 3946 8749 

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

LEE/TUCEK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain31 min
Jul 13, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain, Montgomery42 min
Jul 13, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVermillion27 min
Jul 13, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery31 min
Jul 13, 3:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke26 min
Jul 13, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion34 min
Jul 13, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton37 min
Jul 13, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe32 min
Jul 13, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Vermillion34 min
Jul 13, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo33 min
Jul 13, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Putnam12 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Madison, Tipton37 min
Jul 13, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam34 min
Jul 13, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo34 min
Jul 13, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam33 min
Jul 13, 5:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Vigo3 hr
Jul 13, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Randolph50 min
Jul 13, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Marion32 min
Jul 13, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph39 min
Jul 13, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Putnam37 min
Jul 13, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke36 min
Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Randolph41 min
Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Putnam, Vigo4 hr
Jul 13, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam29 min
Jul 13, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Parke, Putnam34 min
Jul 13, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby34 min
Jul 13, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Owen, Putnam28 min
Jul 13, 6:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam3 hr
Jul 13, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and 1 more34 min
Jul 13, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo38 min
Jul 13, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Owen and 3 more48 min
Jul 13, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Rush and 1 more32 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.