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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 20166 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2016, 6:56 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 34 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 26, 2016, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

Counties Boone County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Howard County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2016-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 471 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 2016-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 26, 6:32 PM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 6:32 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-272030-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING
THEN DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT. ADDITIONALLY...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH OR
EXCEED 100 DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING...DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL.

TIMING: HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 THROUGH 7 PM. THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE ANY TIME...BUT PARTICULARLY BEFORE 10 PM.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY MOVE SLOWLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE
WARM INTO EARLY EVENING WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100
DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR PARTS OF THE
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
WHETHER A SEVERE STORM THREAT EXISTS. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM
ANY STORM.

DISCUSSION: A BREAK FROM RECENT HOT AND ACTIVE WEATHER CAN BE
EXPECTED MUCH OF THIS WEEK...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER
OBSERVED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

INZ067>072-272030-
KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING
THEN DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT. ADDITIONALLY...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL APPROACH OR
EXCEED 100 DEGREES LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...FLOODING...DAMAGING
WINDS...HAIL.

TIMING: HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 THROUGH 7 PM. THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE ANY TIME...BUT PARTICULARLY BEFORE 10 PM

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
TONIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY MOVE SLOWLY...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE
WARM INTO EARLY EVENING WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 100
DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

OUTLOOK: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR PARTS OF THE
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE
WHETHER A SEVERE STORM THREAT EXISTS. LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM
ANY STORM.

DISCUSSION: A FEW STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY AS A FRONT
EXITS THE AREA. A BREAK FROM RECENT HOT AND ACTIVE WEATHER CAN BE
EXPECTED MUCH OF THIS WEEK...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WILL RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER
OBSERVED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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, Jun 26, 6:15 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ021-029>031-036>038-262300-
HOWARD IN-CLINTON IN-MONTGOMERY IN-TIPTON IN-BOONE IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
CARROLL IN-
615 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL...
NORTHWESTERN BOONE...NORTHWESTERN TIPTON...CLINTON...NORTHERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE AND SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES
UNTIL 700 PM EDT...

AT 614 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DELPHI TO 7 MILES EAST OF
VEEDERSBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KOKOMO...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE...ROSSVILLE...THORNTOWN...
MULBERRY...RUSSIAVILLE...WAYNETOWN...DARLINGTON...LINDEN...COLFAX...
CLARKS HILL...BURLINGTON...MICHIGANTOWN...
NEW RICHMOND AND INDIAN HEIGHTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4046 8599 3998 8683 4008 8709 4015 8709
      4054 8650
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 305DEG 16KT 4047 8650 4011 8712

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
656 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

INZ030-031-036>040-044>046-262330-
HOWARD IN-HENDRICKS IN-MADISON IN-PARKE IN-HAMILTON IN-CLINTON IN-
MONTGOMERY IN-TIPTON IN-BOONE IN-PUTNAM IN-
656 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON...BOONE...TIPTON...
SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN PUTNAM...
PARKE...NORTHWESTERN MADISON...NORTHERN HENDRICKS AND EASTERN HOWARD
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 655 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF
THEM STRONG...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KOKOMO TO 10 MILES
EAST OF FRANKFORT TO ROCKVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

WINDS WILL INCREASE BEFORE THE STORMS ARRIVE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KOKOMO...CRAWFORDSVILLE...CARMEL...NOBLESVILLE...BROWNSBURG...
LEBANON...ZIONSVILLE...GREENCASTLE...ELWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...TIPTON...
ROCKVILLE...WINDFALL CITY...WESTFIELD...CICERO...PITTSBORO...
WHITESTOWN...SHERIDAN...GREENTOWN AND FRANKTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4045 8586 4038 8586 4038 8568 4035 8560
      4004 8592 3992 8621 3992 8633 3987 8633
      3960 8699 3978 8737 4026 8640 4053 8608
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 300DEG 21KT 4045 8607 4023 8633 3979 8721

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll47 min
Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTippecanoe41 min
Jun 26, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton, Montgomery45 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.