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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 24, 2017Delaware County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Feb 24, 2017, 3:15 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 15 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: Feb 24, 2017, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2017, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Delaware County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Feb 23, 6:37 PM EST, 20 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 6:37 PM EST, 20 hours 38 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 2:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks	22 min
Feb 24, 3:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Madison	25 min
Feb 24, 4:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	24 min
Feb 24, 4:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	35 min
Feb 24, 5:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur, Jennings	46 min
Feb 24, 5:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	25 min
Feb 24, 5:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Jackson, Jennings	33 min
Feb 24, 5:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur	33 min
Feb 24, 5:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Jennings	19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.