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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 26, 20214 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2021, 8:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 26, 2021, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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
Jun 26, 9:07 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene West Lafayette, INTREE DOWNED NEAR NORTH RIVER ROAD AND 52. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 26, 9:11 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 503 Wsw Battle Ground, IN2 REPORTS OF WINDS ESTIMATED TO 50 MPH. A 48 MPH GUST WAS REPORTED AT THE KLAF ASOS.
Jun 26, 9:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nw Clarks Hill, INTREE DOWNED ALONG CR 800S WEST OF US 52. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Jun 26, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2021-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2021-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

880 
WUUS53 KIND 270042
SVRIND
INC045-107-157-171-270130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0040.210627T0042Z-210627T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
842 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Fountain County in west central Indiana...
  Tippecanoe County in west central Indiana...
  Central Warren County in west central Indiana...
  Northern Montgomery County in west central Indiana...

* Until 930 PM EDT.

* At 842 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Veedersburg,
  or 18 miles east of Danville, moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Newtown around 850 PM EDT.
  Wingate around 855 PM EDT.
  New Richmond around 900 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Linden, Shadeland, Lafayette, Purdue University and Dayton.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 164 and 177, and between mile
markers 179 and 183.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 7 and 24.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4025 8669 4021 8670 4001 8743 4013 8741
      4013 8744 4035 8745 4048 8715 4048 8709
      4050 8709 4056 8694 4056 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 241DEG 43KT 4016 8726 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AU/CP
3 follow-up statements
137 
WWUS53 KIND 270057
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
857 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

INC045-107-157-171-270130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210627T0130Z/
Fountain IN-Tippecanoe IN-Warren IN-Montgomery IN-
857 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FOUNTAIN...TIPPECANOE...NORTHEASTERN WARREN AND
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

At 857 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of
Williamsport, or 14 miles southwest of Lafayette, moving northeast at
50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  Shadeland, Purdue University, Lafayette and Dayton.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 164 and 177, and between mile
markers 179 and 184.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 16 and 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4025 8669 4021 8670 4007 8724 4027 8723
      4043 8727 4048 8715 4048 8709 4050 8709
      4056 8694 4056 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 241DEG 43KT 4025 8705 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AU/CP
754 
WWUS53 KIND 270108
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
908 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

INC171-270117-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210627T0130Z/
Warren IN-
908 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for
central and west central Indiana.

LAT...LON 4056 8691 4026 8669 4021 8670 4010 8717
      4029 8710 4050 8709 4056 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 241DEG 43KT 4031 8691 

$$

INC045-107-157-270130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210627T0130Z/
Fountain IN-Tippecanoe IN-Montgomery IN-
908 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL FOUNTAIN...TIPPECANOE AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES...

At 907 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lafayette,
moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Lafayette, West Lafayette, Shadeland, Dayton, Battle Ground, Linden,
Clarks Hill, Hillsboro, New Richmond, Wingate, Mellott and Purdue
University.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 163 and 184.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 20 and 22.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4056 8691 4026 8669 4021 8670 4010 8717
      4029 8710 4050 8709 4056 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 241DEG 43KT 4031 8691 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

AU/CP
824 
WWUS53 KIND 270131
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
931 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

INC045-107-157-270141-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210627T0130Z/
Fountain IN-Tippecanoe IN-Montgomery IN-
931 PM EDT Sat Jun 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FOUNTAIN...
TIPPECANOE AND NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for
central and west central Indiana.

LAT...LON 4056 8691 4026 8669 4021 8670 4010 8717
      4029 8710 4050 8709 4056 8694
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 241DEG 43KT 4044 8660 

$$

AU/CP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Vermillion, Warren24 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll32 min
Jun 26, 9:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHoward23 min
Jun 26, 9:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery34 min
Jun 26, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton32 min
Jun 26, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone30 min
Jun 27, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan24 min
Jun 27, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan28 min
Jun 27, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion30 min
Jun 27, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Johnson, Shelby29 min
Jun 27, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVigo34 min
Jun 27, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush, Shelby43 min
Jun 27, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush37 min
Jun 27, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton25 min
Jun 27, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll27 min
Jun 27, 7:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTippecanoe25 min
Jun 27, 7:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll, Tippecanoe29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.