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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Apr 8, 2020, 6:41 PM EDT for Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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 8, 2020, 6:41 PM EDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2020, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
County Warren County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 8, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 118 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-091730- 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 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, Terre Haute, Brazil, Clay City, Spencer, Martinsville, Mooresville, Greenwood, Franklin, Shelbyville, Rushville, Sullivan, Linton, Bloomfield, Bloomington, Nashville, Columbus, Greensburg, Vincennes, Washington, Loogootee, Shoals, Bedford, Mitchell, Seymour, Brownstown, and North Vernon 118 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Outlook: Thunderstorms are expected tonight. Some storms may be severe. Hazards: Damaging winds, large hail, isolated tornadoes, lightning, heavy rain. Timing: Highest severe threat will be from 800 PM to 1200 AM EDT. Discussion: A cold front will move through the area tonight bringing showers and thunderstorms. Severe storms are possible, with areas southwest of a Terre Haute to Seymour line seeing the highest chances for severe weather. Remain weather aware today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Outlook: Breezy conditions are expected Thursday with gusts over 35 mph possible. Thunderstorms are possible over all or parts of the area Sunday afternoon through Monday. Discussion: Much colder air will flow into the area on Thursday. Gusty winds will accompany the colder air. Frost and freeze concerns will be around Thursday and Friday nights, as well as early next week. A low pressure system could bring a few thunderstorms Sunday and Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed tonight. .STORM MOTION STATEMENT... The expected storm motion tonight is from the northwest at around 50 MPH. && 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 8, 6:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 8, 1:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 40 min |
| Apr 8, 1:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Delaware | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Randolph | 37 min |
| Apr 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion and 1 more | 62 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.