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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 2021Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2021, 12:54 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. 6 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: Jul 8, 2021, 12:54 PM EDT (16:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 8, 12:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Arlington, IN	SIGNIFICANT ROOF AND SIDE WALL DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND OUTBUILDING. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 8, 1:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Sw Rushville, IN	TREES DAMAGED AND ITEMS FROM YARD BLOWN INTO FIELDS AT 2219 S 250 W. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rushville, IN	TREES DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RUSHVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 8, 1:07 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Rushville, IN	REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN.
Jul 8, 1:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene New Salem, IN	LARGE TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN.
Jul 8, 1:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese New Salem, IN	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AND CROPS FLATTENED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

167 
WUUS53 KIND 081654
SVRIND
INC139-081730-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0045.210708T1654Z-210708T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1254 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Rush County in central Indiana...

* Until 130 PM EDT.

* At 1254 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rushville,
  or 17 miles east of Shelbyville, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  New Salem around 105 PM EDT.
  Glenwood around 110 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3951 8530 3953 8556 3971 8555 3972 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1654Z 277DEG 32KT 3962 8547 

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

JAS

2 follow-up statements

789 
WWUS53 KIND 081712
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
112 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

INC139-081730-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210708T1730Z/
Rush IN-
112 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY...

At 111 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Glenwood, or 10
miles west of Connersville, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
eastern Rush County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3951 8530 3953 8556 3959 8556 3971 8545
      3972 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 276DEG 27KT 3961 8533 

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

JAS

143 
WWUS53 KIND 081727
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
127 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

INC139-081737-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210708T1730Z/
Rush IN-
127 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 130 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain is still possible with this
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3951 8530 3953 8556 3959 8556 3971 8545
      3972 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 277DEG 32KT 3959 8516 

$$

JAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 5:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clinton, Tippecanoe	42 min
Jul 8, 5:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	49 min
Jul 8, 5:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	3 hr
Jul 8, 12:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hancock	35 min
Jul 8, 12:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	50 min
Jul 8, 1:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	32 min
Jul 8, 1:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Putnam	54 min
Jul 8, 2:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Decatur	3 hr
Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	45 min
Jul 8, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Johnson, Marion	47 min
Jul 8, 3:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Decatur	3 hr
Jul 8, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	48 min
Jul 8, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Brown, Monroe	28 min
Jul 8, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jennings	26 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Martin	21 min
Jul 8, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson	32 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry	27 min
Jul 8, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson	23 min
Jul 8, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Jackson	26 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.