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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2019, 4:42 PM EDT for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2019, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2019, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 21, 4:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 4:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 1:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 123 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 INZ021-028>031-035>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-221000- Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone- Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam- Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-Rush-Monroe- Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings- Including the cities of Delphi, Flora, Williamsport, West Lebanon, Lafayette, West Lafayette, Frankfort, Kokomo, Attica, Covington, Veedersburg, Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Zionsville, Tipton, Fishers, Carmel, Noblesville, Anderson, Muncie, Winchester, Clinton, Newport, Rockville, Greencastle, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Danville, Indianapolis, Greenfield, Cumberland, New Castle, Martinsville, Mooresville, Greenwood, Franklin, Shelbyville, Rushville, Bloomington, Nashville, Columbus, Greensburg, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 123 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Outlook: Thunderstorm activity is expected by late this afternoon and tonight. A few severe storms are possible later this afternoon and evening, especially southwest of a Kokomo to New Castle line. Hazards: Main hazards are damaging winds...heavy rainfall causing flooding and frequent cloud to ground lightning. Secondary hazard is large hail. Timing: Best chances for severe storms between 400 PM and 900 PM EDT. Discussion: A large complex of thunderstorms is expected to move southeast out of Illinois this afternoon. A few severe storms are possible as this complex moves through the area later this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Outlook: Periodic threats for showers and thunderstorms will exist through Tuesday. Additional threats for severe weather and torrential rainfall causing flooding will exist into early next week. Heat indices will peak in the low to mid 90s on Sunday. Discussion: A nearby frontal boundary and several upper waves will maintain the threat for clusters of showers and thunderstorms across central Indiana through the weekend and into early next week. Repeated heavy rainfall over the same areas will likely cause flooding problems. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather as well as rainfall amounts and any new flooding. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind INZ051>053-060-061-067>069-221000- Vigo-Clay-Owen-Sullivan-Greene-Knox-Daviess-Martin- Including the cities of Terre Haute, Brazil, Clay City, Spencer, Sullivan, Linton, Bloomfield, Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, and Shoals 123 PM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Outlook: Thunderstorm activity is expected by late this afternoon and tonight. Severe storms are possible late this afternoon and evening. Hazards: Main hazards are damaging winds...heavy rainfall causing flooding and frequent cloud to ground lightning. Secondary hazards isolated tornadoes and large hail. Timing: Best chances for severe storms between 400 PM and 900 PM EDT. Discussion: A large complex of thunderstorms is expected to move southeast out of Illinois this afternoon. Severe storms are possible as this complex moves through the area later this afternoon and evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Outlook: Periodic threats for showers and thunderstorms will exist through Tuesday. Additional threats for severe weather and torrential rainfall causing flooding will exist into early next week. Heat indices will peak in the low to mid 90s on Sunday. Discussion: A nearby frontal boundary and several upper waves will maintain the threat for clusters of showers and thunderstorms across central Indiana through the weekend and into early next week. Repeated heavy rainfall over the same areas will likely cause flooding problems. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Severe storm spotter activation is possible later this afternoon and evening. && More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 7:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren | 39 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | IND | Brown, Clay, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.