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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 10, 2017Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Apr 10, 2017, 3:10 PM EDT for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2017, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2017, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1373 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 10, 2:50 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 2:50 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 12:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1247 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-111700-
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, and Seymour
1247 PM EDT Mon Apr 10 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Outlook: Gusty southwest winds. Scattered strong afternoon and
evening thunderstorms.

Hazards: Wind gusts peaking at 30 to 35 mph. Hail, lightning, gusty
winds and locally heavy rainfall with thunderstorms.

Timing: Gusty winds today and tonight. Thunderstorms this afternoon
and evening.

Discussion: Chances for showers and thunderstorms will increase...
especially this afternoon through tonight as a cold front moves into
the area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Outlook: Scattered thunderstorms will be possible Friday through
Sunday as a frontal system meanders across Indiana.

Discussion: High pressure will keep dry conditions across central
Indiana through early Thursday. A frontal boundary will develop
across the region and bring scattered showers and thunderstorms...
especially Friday through Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time, but spotters are
encouraged to send reports of any hail observed.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate
information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 10:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1018 AM EDT MON APR 10 2017

INZ030-031-038-101500-
Howard IN-Clinton IN-Tipton IN-
1018 AM EDT MON APR 10 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CLINTON...HOWARD AND
NORTHWESTERN TIPTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...

At 1018 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles northeast of Frankfort, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Kokomo, Greentown, Russiaville, Michigantown and Indian Heights.

LAT...LON 4056 8586 4048 8586 4030 8639 4042 8642
      4043 8639 4043 8638 4044 8638 4056 8610
      4057 8587
TIME...MOT...LOC 1418Z 238DEG 42KT 4040 8634

AW/JH

Local storm report, Apr 10, 11:04 AM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1104 AM EDT MON APR 10 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1048 AM     HAIL             2 SSW WINDFALL          40.33N 85.97W
04/10/2017  E0.50 INCH       TIPTON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

KEH

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 1:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
102 PM EDT MON APR 10 2017

INZ035-043-044-101745-
Fountain IN-Parke IN-Vermillion IN-
102 PM EDT MON APR 10 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FOUNTAIN...NORTHWESTERN PARKE AND
NORTHERN VERMILLION COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM EDT...

At 101 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Ridge Farm, or 17 miles north of Paris, moving northeast at 45 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Covington, Veedersburg, Newport, Attica, Cayuga, Hillsboro, Kingman,
Perrysville, Newtown, Mellott, Wallace, Lodi, Yeddo and Gessie.

LAT...LON 4010 8753 4013 8748 4013 8741 4014 8741
      4016 8744 4031 8721 4012 8709 3998 8709
      3981 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 239DEG 37KT 3986 8769

AW/JH

Special weather statement, Apr 10, 1:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 2:21 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 10, 3:10 PM EDT, 0 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
Apr 10, 8:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Warren	19 min
Apr 10, 9:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	31 min
Apr 10, 9:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	14 min
Apr 10, 10:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Boone	30 min
Apr 10, 10:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Howard	42 min
Apr 10, 10:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison, Tipton	23 min
Apr 10, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain, Vermillion	43 min
Apr 10, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery	28 min
Apr 10, 1:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tippecanoe	39 min
Apr 10, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery	28 min
Apr 10, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam	37 min
Apr 10, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Tipton	42 min
Apr 10, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Madison	22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.