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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 20164 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 3:38 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 37 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 13, 2016, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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°0°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.

871 
WUUS53 KIND 131938
SVRIND
INC011-023-057-159-132015-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0099.160713T1938Z-160713T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 338 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...OR
  12 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKFORT...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...
  LEBANON...CICERO...SHERIDAN...KIRKLIN...KEMPTON...ULEN AND MORSE
  RESERVOIR.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 139 AND 147.
 
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 4003 8649 4013 8655 4037 8624 4011 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 239DEG 16KT 4011 8644 

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

LEE/TUCEK
1 follow-up statement
948 
WWUS53 KIND 131954
SVSIND

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

INC011-023-057-159-132015-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-160713T2015Z/
HAMILTON IN-BOONE IN-TIPTON IN-CLINTON IN-
354 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON...NORTHEASTERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN TIPTON
AND SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTIES...

AT 354 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF LEBANON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 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...
CICERO...SHERIDAN...KIRKLIN...KEMPTON AND MORSE RESERVOIR. 

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 4006 8638 4015 8646 4037 8624 4011 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 239DEG 16KT 4015 8636 

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, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.