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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 28, 20174 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2017, 6:11 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 28, 2017, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2017-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2017-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

942 
WUUS53 KIND 282211
SVRIND
INC021-055-083-153-282245-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0068.170428T2211Z-170428T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
611 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Sullivan County in southwestern Indiana...
  Northeastern Knox County in southwestern Indiana...
  Southwestern Clay County in west central Indiana...
  Western Greene County in southwestern Indiana...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 610 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
  of Russellville, or 16 miles north of Vincennes, moving northeast
  at 65 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Linton, Sullivan, Russellville, Jasonville, Dugger, Hymera, Lyons,
  Carlisle, Oaktown, Bruceville, Sandborn, Edwardsport, Switz City,
  Newberry, Freelandville, Coalmont, Pleasantville, Vicksburg and
  Paxton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3903 8757 3926 8724 3928 8723 3894 8688
      3890 8699 3890 8712 3885 8714 3885 8718
      3884 8717 3873 8748 3878 8749 3882 8753
      3885 8753 3886 8755 3890 8754 3890 8752
      3896 8751 3899 8758 3899 8756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 241DEG 57KT 3891 8746 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TDUD
3 follow-up statements
258 
WWUS53 KIND 282223
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
623 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

INC021-055-083-153-282245-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-170428T2245Z/
Sullivan IN-Knox IN-Clay IN-Greene IN-
623 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND
WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...

At 623 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Linton, or 24 miles northeast of Vincennes, moving east at 65 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Linton, Sullivan, Bicknell, Jasonville, Dugger, Hymera, Lyons,
Carlisle, Sandborn, Edwardsport, Switz City, Newberry, Freelandville,
Coalmont, Pleasantville, Vicksburg and Paxton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3909 8748 3926 8724 3928 8723 3894 8688
      3890 8699 3890 8712 3885 8714 3885 8718
      3884 8717 3877 8736 3878 8738 3880 8739
      3883 8741 3886 8741 3889 8739 3895 8742
      3899 8743 3903 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 253DEG 55KT 3894 8720 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TDUD
538 
WWUS53 KIND 282235
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
635 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

INC021-055-083-153-282245-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-170428T2245Z/
Sullivan IN-Knox IN-Clay IN-Greene IN-
635 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND
WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...

At 635 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bloomfield, or
28 miles west of Bloomington, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Linton, Sullivan, Jasonville, Dugger, Hymera, Lyons, Carlisle,
Sandborn, Switz City, Newberry, Freelandville, Coalmont,
Pleasantville, Vicksburg and Paxton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3909 8748 3926 8724 3928 8723 3894 8688
      3890 8699 3890 8712 3885 8714 3886 8717
      3885 8719 3883 8722 3883 8731 3884 8734
      3889 8739 3895 8742 3899 8743 3903 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 242DEG 50KT 3901 8702 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

TDUD
205 
WWUS53 KIND 282241
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
641 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

INC021-055-083-153-282251-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-170428T2245Z/
Sullivan IN-Knox IN-Clay IN-Greene IN-
641 PM EDT FRI APR 28 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SULLIVAN...
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN CLAY AND WESTERN GREENE COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
 Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3909 8748 3926 8724 3928 8723 3894 8688
      3890 8699 3890 8712 3885 8714 3886 8717
      3885 8719 3883 8722 3883 8731 3884 8734
      3889 8739 3895 8742 3899 8743 3903 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 241DEG 57KT 3905 8692 

$$

TDUD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 11:31 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 33 more66 hr
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen14 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox16 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox16 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike18 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike20 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox23 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White4 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe, White58 hr
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren16 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren17 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo21 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo17 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo21 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan37 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan38 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox28 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGibson, Knox, Posey22 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDTippecanoe10 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene9 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington15 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin17 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDLawrence, Martin8 days
Apr 28, 12:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMontgomery, Parke4 days
Apr 28, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo20 min
Apr 28, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo3 hr
Apr 28, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan42 min
Apr 28, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBrown, Clay, Greene, Johnson, Knox, Monroe and 3 more4 hr
Apr 28, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Johnson, Rush, Shelby32 min
Apr 28, 7:47 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur28 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.