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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 3, 2018Fountain County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2018, 6:18 PM EDT for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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: Apr 3, 2018, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2018, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Fountain County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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: 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

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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 3, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 4:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
432 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2018

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

0215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WNW SOLSBERRY         39.10N 86.83W
04/03/2018                   GREENE             IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF BLAND ROAD
            AND CAMP BRANCH ROAD OF UNKNOWN SIZE.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 4:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:18 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 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, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan	43 min
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, 6:23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.