Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2017, 1:18 PM EDT for Monroe County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2017, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Monroe County, IN, Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:30 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Freedom, IN | |
| May 19, 1:50 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Spencer, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
986
WUUS53 KIND 191718
SVRIND
INC105-119-191800-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0082.170519T1718Z-170519T1800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
118 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Monroe County in south central Indiana...
Central Owen County in west central Indiana...
* Until 200 PM EDT.
* At 118 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Spencer, or
13 miles west of Bloomington, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Spencer, Gosport, Stinesville, McCormicks Creek State Park and
Freedom.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3946 8687 3935 8663 3934 8663 3934 8661
3933 8659 3917 8673 3917 8686 3925 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 240DEG 48KT 3922 8677
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JK3 follow-up statements
725
WWUS53 KIND 191736
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
136 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
INC105-119-191800-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170519T1800Z/
Monroe IN-Owen IN-
136 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND CENTRAL OWEN COUNTIES...
At 134 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest of
Martinsville, or 11 miles north of Bloomington, moving northeast at
55 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 130 PM ENTER HAIL The size of quarters
was reported 10 miles southwest of Spencer.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Spencer, Gosport, Stinesville, McCormicks Creek State Park and
Freedom.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3946 8687 3935 8663 3934 8663 3934 8661
3933 8659 3917 8673 3917 8686 3925 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 240DEG 48KT 3933 8653
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JK929
WWUS53 KIND 191739 CCA
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
139 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
INC105-119-191800-
/O.COR.KIND.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170519T1800Z/
Monroe IN-Owen IN-
139 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND CENTRAL OWEN COUNTIES...
At 138 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Martinsville,
or 12 miles north of Bloomington, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated. At 130 PM EDT hail the size of quarters
was reported 10 miles southwest of Spencer.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Spencer, Gosport, Stinesville, McCormicks Creek State Park and
Freedom.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3946 8687 3935 8663 3934 8663 3934 8661
3933 8659 3917 8673 3917 8686 3925 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 240DEG 48KT 3933 8653
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JK279
WWUS53 KIND 191752
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
152 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
INC105-119-191801-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-170519T1800Z/
Monroe IN-Owen IN-
152 PM EDT FRI MAY 19 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MONROE AND
CENTRAL OWEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3946 8687 3935 8663 3934 8663 3934 8661
3933 8659 3917 8673 3917 8686 3925 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 240DEG 48KT 3944 8628
$$
JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Greene | 43 min |
| May 19, 11:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Owen | 39 min |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 35 hr |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 7 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 7 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 9 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 9 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe, White | 63 hr |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren | 12 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 13 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 14 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 10 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 14 days |
| May 19, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 4 days |
| May 19, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 51 min |
| May 19, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 33 min |
| May 19, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 35 min |
| May 19, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 48 min |
| May 19, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 36 min |
| May 19, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jennings | 36 min |
| May 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 30 min |
| May 19, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Jackson | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.