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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 3, 20184 counties in Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 1:37 PM EDTHAIL 0.51 Sw Vincennes Universi, IN
Apr 3, 1:37 PM EDTHAIL 1Vincennes University, INHAIL A BIT BIGGER THAN QUARTERS.
Apr 3, 1:38 PM EDTHAIL 0.88Vincennes, IN
Apr 3, 1:40 PM EDTHAIL 1.51 Ssw Vincennes Univers, INTIME APPROXIMATE.
Apr 3, 1:45 PM EDTHAIL 1Vincennes, INSIZE WAS SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN 1 INCH. APPROXIMATE LOCATION. DELAYED REPORT.
Apr 3, 1:45 PM EDTHAIL 1.75Vincennes University, INAPPROXIMATE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 3, 1:16 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2018-04-03Temperature 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 2018-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

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3 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
 
$$

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595 
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
 
$$

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734 
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 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 9:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and 5 more13 hr
Apr 3, 5:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDClay, Hendricks, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 5 more6 hr
Apr 3, 5:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDecatur, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Marion, Rush and 1 more6 hr
Apr 3, 5:53 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDClay, Hendricks, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Owen and 5 more6 hr
Apr 3, 5:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Shelby6 hr
Apr 3, 6:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Owen, Vigo9 hr
Apr 3, 6:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Morgan6 hr
Apr 3, 7:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDecatur, Rush6 hr
Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan4 days
Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen5 days
Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen5 days
Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby4 days
Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson4 days
Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew68 hr
Apr 3, 7:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene3 days
Apr 3, 7:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Shelby6 hr
Apr 3, 7:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion38 hr
Apr 3, 7:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew24 hr
Apr 3, 7:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDOwen3 days
Apr 3, 7:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson48 hr
Apr 3, 7:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDPutnam50 hr
Apr 3, 7:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew47 hr
Apr 3, 8:00 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Marion, Parke, Putnam6 hr
Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph51 hr
Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby61 hr
Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDecatur49 hr
Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHancock34 hr
Apr 3, 8:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHendricks, Morgan27 hr
Apr 3, 8:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Rush and 1 more8 hr
Apr 3, 8:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo6 hr
Apr 3, 9:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam24 min
Apr 3, 9:41 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Randolph6 hr
Apr 3, 10:11 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Vermillion6 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHenry, Rush, Shelby43 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Madison48 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison71 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDHamilton, Marion3 days
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan3 days
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDPutnam24 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson70 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBoone, Marion21 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion58 hr
Apr 3, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDTippecanoe71 hr
Apr 3, 11:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery, Parke, Vermillion52 min
Apr 3, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton48 min
Apr 3, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Putnam44 min
Apr 3, 11:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion3 hr
Apr 3, 11:45 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion4 hr
Apr 3, 12:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vigo28 min
Apr 3, 1:06 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 1 more6 hr
Apr 3, 1:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton, Madison and 3 more6 hr
Apr 3, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock2 min
Apr 3, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen35 min
Apr 3, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hancock, Henry, Madison34 min
Apr 3, 3:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clay, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan and 5 more6 hr
Apr 3, 3:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison and 4 more6 hr
Apr 3, 4:37 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMontgomery, Parke28 hr
Apr 3, 6:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDFountain27 min
Apr 3, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion37 min
Apr 3, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Warren26 min
Apr 3, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more3 hr
Apr 3, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Delaware, Fountain, Hamilton, Madison and 4 more3 hr
Apr 3, 7:09 PM EDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Montgomery13 min
Apr 3, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe34 min
Apr 3, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan30 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.