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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2016, 5:54 AM EDT for Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2016, 5:54 AM EDT (09:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2016, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Fountain County, IN, Warren County, IN
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</html>What forecasters said that day
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NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 26, 5:30 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 5:30 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 4:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 453 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-270900- 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 453 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDS: REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM FOG. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING: FOG POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. DISCUSSION: A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...AND COMBINED WITH NEAR CALM WINDS WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR PATCHY FOG FORMATION THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. OUTLOOK: THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT LIGHTNING IS A THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. DISCUSSION: UPPER WAVES MOVING THROUGH ON THE EDGES OF AN UPPER RIDGE WILL KEEP CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && 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, Aug 26, 5:54 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
554 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016
INZ028-035-043-044-261045-
PARKE IN-FOUNTAIN IN-WARREN IN-VERMILLION IN-
554 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FOUNTAIN...WARREN...NORTHWESTERN
PARKE AND NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM EDT...
AT 554 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSSVILLE TO NEAR RIDGE
FARM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COVINGTON...VEEDERSBURG...WILLIAMSPORT...NEWPORT...ATTICA...CAYUGA...
WEST LEBANON...HILLSBORO...KINGMAN...PERRYSVILLE...NEWTOWN...
PINE VILLAGE...MELLOTT...WALLACE...FOSTER...GESSIE...LODI...
RAINSVILLE...TAB AND PENCE.
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 4047 8752 4048 8742 4047 8711 3992 8709
3987 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0954Z 255DEG 25KT 4029 8754 3988 8754
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Boone, Hamilton | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 8:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hancock, Marion | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Marion | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 8:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 9:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 9:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 4:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Hancock, Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.