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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 10, 2016Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2016, 6:23 PM EDT for Carroll County, 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
May 10, 2016, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 287 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 10, 6:00 PM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 6:00 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 4:50 AM EDT, 13 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
450 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-110900-
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-
TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-PUTNAM-
HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY-
RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-
MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
450 AM EDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: THERE WILL BE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SOME MAY PRODUCE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

HAZARDS: LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONT...OVER SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...WILL LIFT
FARTHER NORTH AND COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LOW FROM THE WEST. A MOIST
AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA TODAY.

 .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

OUTLOOK: THERE WILL BE GOOD CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS MUCH OF
THE TIME THROUGH THURSDAY AS A PLAINS FRONT MIGRATES TOWARD
CENTRAL INDIANA. THERE WILL ALSO BE MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES THIS WEEKEND. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA FOR WEDNESDAY. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS. REMEMBER...ANY
THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

DISCUSSION: A SLOW MOVING PLAINS SYSTEM WILL BRING NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THURSDAY.
THERE WILL ALSO BE SMALL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AT TIMES THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL
LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington3 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington5 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen3 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox5 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox4 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike6 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike7 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox8 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo5 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo5 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan6 days
May 10, 12:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan6 days

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Indiana, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.