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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 24, 2016Montgomery County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2016, 2:16 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2016, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Montgomery County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2016-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 550 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 2016-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
550 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.0

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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 Aug 24, 1:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 2:10 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-251815-
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
210 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

OUTLOOK: STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY
DOWNPOURS.

TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DISCUSSION: A WARM FRONT WILL DESTABILIZE THE ENVIRONMENT AS AN
UPPER WAVE AND LOW LEVEL JET ENTER THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

OUTLOOK: THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN FROM SATURDAY ON. THURSDAY ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREATS.

DISCUSSION: A COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA ON
THURSDAY AND WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE AREA THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. MORE STORM CHANCES ARE POSSIBLE FOR LATE WEEKEND
AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE
MIDWEST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT STORM
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS
REGARDING THE SEVERE STORM RISK FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW SHOULD THE
THREAT INCREASE.

&&

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, Aug 24, 2:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
216 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

INZ029-030-035>037-241900-
FOUNTAIN IN-CLINTON IN-MONTGOMERY IN-BOONE IN-TIPPECANOE IN-
216 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2016

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 215 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES EAST OF VEEDERSBURG...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. STORM IS ALSO EXHIBITING SOME ROTATION. REPORT ANY
ROTATION AND OR FUNNEL CLOUDS OBSERVED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...THORNTOWN...WAYNETOWN...DARLINGTON...LINDEN...
COLFAX...NEW MARKET...CLARKS HILL...HILLSBORO...ADVANCE...NEW ROSS...
NEW RICHMOND...WINGATE...NEWTOWN...MELLOTT...WALLACE AND ALAMO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4034 8659 3997 8656 3995 8715 3995 8720
      4020 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 255DEG 31KT 4008 8710

MRD/DT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery41 min
Aug 24, 2:37 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Montgomery23 min
Aug 24, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Howard40 min
Aug 24, 2:57 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone18 min
Aug 24, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion32 min
Aug 24, 3:22 PM EDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threatINDHoward38 min
Aug 24, 3:25 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion35 min
Aug 24, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion51 min
Aug 24, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion, Shelby35 min
Aug 24, 4:41 PM EDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Owen34 min
Aug 24, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe31 min
Aug 24, 4:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDMarion2 hr
Aug 24, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Marion26 min
Aug 24, 4:51 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock24 min
Aug 24, 5:06 PM EDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe24 min
Aug 24, 5:09 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Marion, Shelby21 min
Aug 24, 5:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDMarion3 hr
Aug 24, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningINDMarion30 min
Aug 24, 5:28 PM EDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Howard47 min
Aug 24, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Rush, Shelby44 min
Aug 24, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Monroe26 min
Aug 24, 5:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHancock3 hr
Aug 24, 6:00 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatINDHoward30 min
Aug 24, 6:12 PM EDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Howard18 min
Aug 24, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningINDRush, Shelby45 min
Aug 24, 6:28 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatINDHoward28 min
Aug 24, 6:32 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHoward, Tipton28 min
Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHoward, Madison, Tipton52 min
Aug 24, 6:59 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHoward, Tipton31 min
Aug 24, 7:46 PM EDTTornado WarningINDHoward, Tipton14 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.