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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Mar 16, 2016, 2:35 AM EDT for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 16, 2016, 2:35 AM EDT (06:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2016, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Delaware County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 16, 12:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 12:08 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 503 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051-052-054>056-161000- CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE- TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM- HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE 503 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. TIMING: BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 300 AM. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL BRING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUTLOOK: WESTERLY WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH ON WEDNESDAY AND AROUND 35 MPH ON THURSDAY. DISCUSSION: STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON FRIDAY. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ053-057-060>065-067>072-161000- OWEN-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX- DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 503 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. TIMING: BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 1000 PM AND 300 AM. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL BRING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. OUTLOOK: WESTERLY WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH ON WEDNESDAY AND AROUND 35 MPH ON THURSDAY. DISCUSSION: STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON FRIDAY. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS. AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 11:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1113 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 INZ028-035-043-044-051-160345- PARKE IN-FOUNTAIN IN-WARREN IN-VERMILLION IN-VIGO IN- 1113 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN VIGO...VERMILLION... PARKE...FOUNTAIN AND CENTRAL WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT... AT 1111 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO NEAR TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLINTON...COVINGTON...ROCKVILLE...VEEDERSBURG...WILLIAMSPORT...NEWPORT... ATTICA...FAIRVIEW PARK...CAYUGA...MONTEZUMA...ROSEDALE...WEST LEBANON... DANA...HILLSBORO...KINGMAN...PERRYSVILLE...UNIVERSAL...MECCA...BLOOMINGDALE AND MARSHALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4021 8753 4046 8709 3965 8710 3950 8753 TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 230DEG 48KT 4011 8759 3950 8754 DRT
Special weather statement, Mar 16, 12:04 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 11:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion | 32 min |
| Mar 16, 12:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 26 min |
| Mar 16, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Carroll | 42 min |
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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.