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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 28, 2016, 10:34 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 28, 2016, 10:34 PM EDT (02:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Knox County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
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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 28, 10:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 10:30 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 942 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-300145- 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 942 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. OUTLOOK: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. PATCHY FOG. HAZARDS: LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS. REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN FOG. TIMING: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 2 AM. PATCHY FOG OVERNIGHT. DISCUSSION: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. EXPECT THESE TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. OUTLOOK: THERE ARE OFF AND ON CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. DISCUSSION: A WARM HUMID AIR MASS AND WEAK UPPER WAVES NEARBY WILL KEEP OFF AND ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE FORECAST UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY AND USHERS IN COOLER DRIER AIR. .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) RYAN
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 28, 10:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1034 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
INZ067-290315-
KNOX IN-
1034 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY UNTIL
1115 PM EDT...
AT 1034 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VINCENNES...MONROE CITY...WHEATLAND...
DECKER AND VINCENNES UNIVERSITY.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3848 8771 3851 8765 3855 8767 3859 8764
3859 8761 3864 8762 3869 8753 3875 8750
3866 8726 3865 8725 3852 8732 3854 8737
3851 8738 3854 8740 3853 8748 3850 8749
3852 8755 3849 8754 3850 8758 3845 8761
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 123DEG 16KT 3860 8749
RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 10:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 22 min |
| Aug 28, 11:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Warren | 6 hr |
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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.