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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 26, 2016Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana

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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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 26, 5:30 AM EDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 5:30 AM EDT, 24 minutes before
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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)

In the hours before

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.

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LAT...LON 4047 8752 4048 8742 4047 8711 3992 8709
      3987 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 0954Z 255DEG 25KT 4029 8754 3988 8754

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 6:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery, Tippecanoe42 min
Aug 26, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone, Hamilton30 min
Aug 26, 8:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Marion47 min
Aug 26, 8:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion35 min
Aug 26, 8:53 AM EDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Marion, Shelby22 min
Aug 26, 9:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Hancock, Henry, Rush, Shelby40 min
Aug 26, 9:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Marion3 hr
Aug 26, 9:42 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush33 min
Aug 26, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Vigo3 hr
Aug 26, 3:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo3 hr
Aug 26, 3:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBartholomew, Johnson3 hr
Aug 26, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion29 min
Aug 26, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam27 min
Aug 26, 4:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion3 hr
Aug 26, 5:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHancock, Marion3 hr
Aug 26, 6:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan3 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.