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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 11, 20216 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 2:56 AM EST for 6 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 34 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
Dec 11, 2021, 2:56 AM EST (07:56 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 2021, 3:30 AM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:56 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.

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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.

201 
WUUS53 KIND 110756 RRA
SVRIND
INC005-013-081-105-109-145-110830-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0104.211211T0756Z-211211T0830Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Shelby County in central Indiana...
  Central Monroe County in south central Indiana...
  Southeastern Morgan County in central Indiana...
  Southern Johnson County in central Indiana...
  Brown County in south central Indiana...
  Western Bartholomew County in central Indiana...

* Until 330 AM EST.

* At 256 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles southeast of Martinsville to 7 miles south
  of Bloomington, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Morgantown, Beanblossom, Mahalasville and Helmsburg around 300 AM 
  EST.
  Spearsville, Peoga, Charles Deam Wilderness and Unionville around 
  305 AM EST.
  Princes Lakes, Trafalgar, Yellowwood Lake and Elkinsville around 
  310 AM EST.
  Franklin, Nashville, Edinburgh, Stone Head and Story around 315 AM 
  EST.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Gnaw Bone, Marietta, Shelbyville, Clifford and Taylorsville.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 62 and 89.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 115 and 117.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM EST for central and
south central Indiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until
600 AM EST for central Indiana.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3903 8668 3941 8639 3955 8569 3904 8599
      3905 8628 3905 8632 3903 8632 3901 8668
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 247DEG 53KT 3934 8635 3907 8656 

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

$$

NIELD
1 follow-up statement
079 
WWUS53 KIND 110809
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
309 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

INC105-109-110819-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-211211T0830Z/
Monroe IN-Morgan IN-
309 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONROE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM EST for central and
south central Indiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until
600 AM EST for central Indiana.

LAT...LON 3905 8637 3923 8636 3934 8630 3934 8625
      3944 8625 3955 8569 3904 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 246DEG 55KT 3944 8609 3917 8630 

$$

INC005-013-081-145-110830-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0104.000000T0000Z-211211T0830Z/
Shelby IN-Johnson IN-Brown IN-Bartholomew IN-
309 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST
FOR SOUTHERN SHELBY...SOUTHERN JOHNSON...BROWN AND WESTERN
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES...

At 309 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Franklin to near Nashville, moving northeast at
65 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Franklin around 315 AM EST.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Marietta, Peoga, Shelbyville, Edinburgh, Taylorsville, Flat Rock and
Clifford.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 62 and 89.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 115 and 117.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM EST for central and
south central Indiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until
600 AM EST for central Indiana.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3905 8637 3923 8636 3934 8630 3934 8625
      3944 8625 3955 8569 3904 8599
TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 246DEG 55KT 3944 8609 3917 8630 

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

$$

NIELD

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, 2:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion30 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.