Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2018, 1:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 6 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
- Apr 3, 2018, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1:37 PM EDT | HAIL 0.5 | 1 Sw Vincennes Universi, IN | |
| Apr 3, 1:37 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Vincennes University, IN | HAIL A BIT BIGGER THAN QUARTERS. |
| Apr 3, 1:38 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Vincennes, IN | |
| Apr 3, 1:40 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Ssw Vincennes Univers, IN | TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Apr 3, 1:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Vincennes, IN | SIZE WAS SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN 1 INCH. APPROXIMATE LOCATION. DELAYED REPORT. |
| Apr 3, 1:45 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Vincennes University, IN | APPROXIMATE LOCATION (GIVEN AS SMITH AND SCOTT). |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
081
WUUS53 KIND 031732
SVRIND
INC027-055-083-153-031815-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0003.180403T1732Z-180403T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
132 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Sullivan County in southwestern Indiana...
Northern Knox County in southwestern Indiana...
Southwestern Greene County in southwestern Indiana...
Northwestern Daviess County in southwestern Indiana...
* Until 215 PM EDT.
* At 132 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St.
Francisville, or near Vincennes, 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...
Vincennes, Linton, Russellville, Bicknell, Lyons, Elnora, Oaktown,
Bruceville, Sandborn, Edwardsport, Newberry, Freelandville,
Vincennes University and Pleasantville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southwestern
Indiana.
LAT...LON 3867 8759 3868 8754 3869 8753 3871 8752
3874 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751 3878 8749
3882 8753 3885 8753 3885 8754 3906 8720
3891 8698 3857 8758 3864 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1732Z 232DEG 46KT 3865 8759
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AW/503 follow-up statements
028
WWUS53 KIND 031742
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
142 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
INC027-055-083-153-031815-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180403T1815Z/
Sullivan IN-Knox IN-Greene IN-Daviess IN-
142 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE
AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES...
At 142 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vincennes,
moving northeast at 55 mph. At 137 PM EDT, quarter sized hail was
reported on the Vincennes University campus.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Public.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Vincennes, Linton, Russellville, Bicknell, Lyons, Elnora, Oaktown,
Bruceville, Sandborn, Edwardsport, Newberry, Freelandville and
Pleasantville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southwestern
Indiana.
LAT...LON 3871 8752 3874 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751
3878 8749 3882 8753 3885 8753 3885 8754
3906 8720 3891 8698 3865 8746 3869 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 232DEG 46KT 3873 8746
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AW/50595
WWUS53 KIND 031800
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
200 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
INC027-055-083-153-031815-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180403T1815Z/
Sullivan IN-Knox IN-Greene IN-Daviess IN-
200 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE
AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES...
At 159 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of
Linton, or 20 miles northeast of Vincennes, moving northeast at 55
mph. This storm has history of producing up to golf ball sized hail.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Linton, Bicknell, Lyons, Elnora, Oaktown, Sandborn, Edwardsport,
Newberry, Pleasantville and Freelandville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southwestern
Indiana.
LAT...LON 3889 8747 3906 8720 3891 8698 3873 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1759Z 232DEG 46KT 3887 8723
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AW/50734
WWUS53 KIND 031810
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
210 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
INC027-055-083-153-031820-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-180403T1815Z/
Sullivan IN-Knox IN-Greene IN-Daviess IN-
210 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for southwestern
Indiana.
LAT...LON 3889 8747 3906 8720 3891 8698 3873 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 232DEG 46KT 3894 8712
$$
AW/50The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Decatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Vigo | 9 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 4 days |
| Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 5 days |
| Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Johnson, Shelby | 4 days |
| Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 4 days |
| Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 68 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Greene | 3 days |
| Apr 3, 7:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 38 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 3 days |
| Apr 3, 7:17 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 48 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 50 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 47 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Parke, Putnam | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 51 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Shelby | 61 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Decatur | 49 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 34 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 27 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Putnam | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 9:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Randolph | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 10:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Rush, Shelby | 43 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 48 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 71 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 3 days |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion, Morgan | 3 days |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Putnam | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 70 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Marion | 21 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Marion | 58 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 71 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 11:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 11:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vigo | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 1:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton, Madison and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 2 min |
| Apr 3, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 3:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 28 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 6:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton, Madison and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 13 min |
| Apr 3, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan | 30 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.