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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2016, 10:48 PM EDT for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 20, 2016, 10:48 PM EDT (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Fountain County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 2024 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jun 20, 10:20 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 10:20 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 420 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 INZ060>065-067>072-211000- SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN- LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES... BEDFORD...SEYMOUR 420 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 275 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE AT TIMES. THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 11 PM. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. TIMING: DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...POTENTIALLY PRODUCING A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHEN THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND EVENT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A THREAT...AND LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY STORM. STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEKEND. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. DISCUSSION: SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEK AS MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES ROUND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR WEST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING AND IS POSSIBLE AGAIN AT TIMES THIS WEEK. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-211000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE 420 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE AT TIMES. HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. TIMING: DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...POTENTIALLY PRODUCING A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WHEN THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR A WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WIND EVENT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A THREAT...AND LIGHTNING IS A THREAT WITH ANY STORM. STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEKEND. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. DISCUSSION: SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEK AS MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES ROUND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR WEST. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AT TIMES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM TODAY AND AGAIN AT TIMES THIS WEEK. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
654 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0614 PM TSTM WND DMG ROSSVILLE 40.42N 86.60W
06/20/2016 CLINTON IN AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWNED IN ROSSVILLE.
&&
LEESpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 8:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 818 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 INZ046-047-054>056-210100- MARION IN-HENDRICKS IN-SHELBY IN-JOHNSON IN-MORGAN IN- 818 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JOHNSON...NORTHEASTERN MORGAN... EAST CENTRAL HENDRICKS...WESTERN MARION AND WEST CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 817 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPEEDWAY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INDIANAPOLIS...GREENWOOD...PLAINFIELD...FRANKLIN...BROWNSBURG...BEECH GROVE...SPEEDWAY...MOORESVILLE...SOUTHPORT...AVON...NEW WHITELAND... WHITELAND...BARGERSVILLE...CLERMONT...TRAFALGAR...HOMECROFT...WYNNEDA LE... SPRING HILL...MONUMENT CIRCLE AND INDIANAPOLIS INT'L AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. LAT...LON 3982 8646 3991 8628 3951 8584 3935 8621 TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 323DEG 28KT 3979 8633 KOCH
Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
855 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0734 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E CICERO 40.12N 85.94W
06/20/2016 HAMILTON IN AMATEUR RADIO
TREE DOWN
&&
ELBSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 9:49 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
949 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
INZ040-048-056-057-210230-
RUSH IN-MADISON IN-SHELBY IN-HANCOCK IN-
949 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HANCOCK...NORTHERN RUSH...
SOUTHWESTERN MADISON AND NORTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM
EDT...
AT 949 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ANDERSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENFIELD...RUSHVILLE...MCCORDSVILLE...PENDLETON...FORTVILLE...
INGALLS...KNIGHTSTOWN...MORRISTOWN...CARTHAGE...
WILKINSON AND ARLINGTON.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3961 8577 3993 8592 3993 8586 3998 8586
4001 8572 3987 8558 3987 8560 3979 8560
3979 8550 3961 8532
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 323DEG 35KT 3992 8583
KOCHLocal storm report, Jun 20, 10:15 PM EDT, 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Rush | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton | 33 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.