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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 11, 2021Hamilton County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 2:15 AM EST for Hamilton County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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
Dec 11, 2021, 2:15 AM EST (07:15 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 2021, 2:45 AM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 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
Dec 11, 2:22 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 654 Sse Zionsville, INAT 79TH AND GEORGETOWN.
Dec 11, 2:25 AM ESTHAIL 0.753 W Carmel, INREPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).
Dec 11, 2:36 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 616 Nw Fortville, INNOBLESVILLE NEAR THE MUSIC CENTER RELAYED VIA TWITTER.

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
Dec 10, 8:47 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Dec 11, 12:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 325 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
325 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

067 
WUUS53 KIND 110715
SVRIND
INC057-097-110745-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0101.211211T0715Z-211211T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
215 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Marion County in central Indiana...
  Southern Hamilton County in central Indiana...

* Until 245 AM EST.

* At 214 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Carmel to near Zionsville, moving east at 65
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Indianapolis, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Westfield, Fortville,
  Meridian Hills and Williams Creek.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 near mile marker 125.
 Interstate 69 between mile markers 202 and 213.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3993 8586 3993 8594 3992 8594 3988 8632
      3993 8627 3993 8624 3995 8624 4002 8617
      4009 8586
TIME...MOT...LOC 0714Z 259DEG 55KT 3998 8619 3990 8627 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$
TWF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 8:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess, Lawrence, Martin45 min
Dec 10, 9:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDJennings23 min
Dec 10, 9:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDBrown26 min
Dec 10, 9:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Shelby25 min
Dec 10, 11:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby31 min
Dec 10, 11:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren28 min
Dec 10, 11:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Monroe, Owen33 min
Dec 10, 11:45 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion30 min
Dec 10, 11:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan35 min
Dec 10, 11:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Vigo and 1 more35 min
Dec 11, 12:10 AM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan22 min
Dec 11, 12:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe29 min
Dec 11, 12:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Howard, Montgomery and 1 more24 min
Dec 11, 12:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard, Madison and 4 more32 min
Dec 11, 1:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo25 min
Dec 11, 1:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Henry, Madison, Tipton38 min
Dec 11, 1:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam, Vigo32 min
Dec 11, 1:44 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Clinton, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion4 hr
Dec 11, 1:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam26 min
Dec 11, 1:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Putnam21 min
Dec 11, 2:08 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Martin52 min
Dec 11, 2:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison25 min
Dec 11, 2:40 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDBrown, Johnson, Monroe50 min
Dec 11, 2:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph34 min
Dec 11, 2:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby34 min
Dec 11, 3:31 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton3 hr
Dec 11, 3:39 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush36 min
Dec 11, 3:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush16 min
Dec 11, 3:53 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementINDJennings37 min
Dec 11, 10:17 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningINDRush23 hr
Dec 11, 11:49 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph16 hr

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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.