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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2016, 5:47 PM EDT for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 58 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 21, 2016, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 21, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 4:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 409 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-221000- 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 409 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LAFAYETTE TO TIPTON TO WINCHESTER LINE. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING. HEAVY RAIN. GUSTY WINDS. HEAT INDICES PEAKING FROM 98 TO 105. TIMING: A LINE OF STORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 8 PM THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY ARRIVE IN THE PREDAWN HOURS FRIDAY FROM THE NORTHWEST. MAX HEAT INDICES IN THE LOW 100S WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DISCUSSION: UPPER LEVEL WAVES TRACKING ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE HEAT RIDGE WILL PRODUCE PERIODIC STORM CLUSTERS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THESE STORMS MAY MAKE IT INTO THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. OUTLOOK: BOTH VERY HOT AND HUMID WEATHER AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MAX HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED DURING PEAK HEATING FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MILDER TEMPERATURES BEGINNING MONDAY WITH DRY WEATHER STARTING MONDAY NIGHT. DISCUSSION: EXTREMELY WARM AND HUMID AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL STAY WITH INDIANA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PERIODIC THREATS FOR STORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A FRONT PASSES MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT ANY RAINFALL...WIND OR IMPACT REPORTS FROM STORMS THROUGH MONDAY WOULD BE APPRECIATED. && MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/IND (ALL LOWERCASE) RYAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 5:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
547 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
INZ041-042-212245-
RANDOLPH IN-DELAWARE IN-
547 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RANDOLPH AND NORTHEASTERN
DELAWARE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
AT 545 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER OHIO TO
NEAR MATTHEWS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINCHESTER...UNION CITY...ALBANY...EATON...PARKER CITY...FARMLAND...
LYNN...SELMA...RIDGEVILLE...SARATOGA AND MODOC.
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 AND DANGEROUS 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.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 4001 8514 4038 8544 4038 8522 4031 8522
4031 8480 4001 8481
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 306DEG 32KT 4056 8478 4039 8543
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Rush | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Shelby | 37 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.