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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 18, 20165 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2016, 7:48 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 57 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 18, 2016, 7:48 AM EDT (11:48 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2016, 8:45 AM EDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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: 3314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.3
Supercell composite: 26.5

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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 Jul 18, 6:50 AM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:50 AM EDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 4:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
445 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-190845-
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
445 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAZARDS: DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY
RAIN.

TIMING: BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WILL BE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

OUTLOOK: THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY...AND AGAIN FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

DISCUSSION: A FRONT WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS WEEK
PROVIDING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL
BRING UNSETTLED WEATHER NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE 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

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 4:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:48 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
748 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

INZ061>063-068>072-181245-
JACKSON IN-DAVIESS IN-LAWRENCE IN-JENNINGS IN-MARTIN IN-GREENE IN-
BROWN IN-MONROE IN-
748 AM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BROWN...SOUTHERN
JENNINGS...SOUTHERN MONROE...GREENE...JACKSON...NORTHERN MARTIN...
NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 AM EDT...

AT 746 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 30 MPH. MILES NORTHWEST OF
SALEM...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BEDFORD...MO

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGTON...SEYMOUR...BEDFORD...LINTON...BROWNSTOWN...BLOOMFIELD...
MITCHELL...LOOGOOTEE...CROTHERSVILLE...WORTHINGTON...ODON...
OOLITIC...LYONS...MEDORA...ELNORA...PLAINVILLE...SWITZ CITY...
NEWBERRY...CRANE AND FREETOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3884 8715 3890 8710 3891 8715 3917 8714
      3917 8680 3906 8608 3904 8608 3896 8548
      3882 8565 3881 8579 3873 8587 3876 8591
      3878 8620 3876 8628 3869 8631 3867 8716
TIME...MOT...LOC 1146Z 002DEG 49KT 3872 8624

JJK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 3:17 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Howard	4 hr
Jul 18, 4:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Tipton	90 min
Jul 18, 4:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Marion	54 min
Jul 18, 5:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	6 hr
Jul 18, 5:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan, Rush, Shelby	52 min
Jul 18, 5:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery	12 hr
Jul 18, 6:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more	6 hr
Jul 18, 6:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Fountain, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo	12 hr
Jul 18, 7:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 4 more	4 hr
Jul 18, 7:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin	53 min
Jul 18, 11:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Johnson	10 hr
Jul 18, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	45 min
Jul 18, 12:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	23 min
Jul 18, 12:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Owen, Parke, Putnam	49 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.