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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 29, 2021Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 6:13 PM EDT for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 29, 2021, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2021, 6:41 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Rush County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

098 
WUUS53 KIND 292213
SVRIND
INC139-292300-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0057.210729T2213Z-210729T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
613 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 613 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rushville, or
  14 miles west of Connersville, moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Glenwood around 620 PM EDT.
  New Salem around 625 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3945 8532 3952 8546 3966 8545 3966 8530
      3945 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 319DEG 15KT 3959 8539 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TDUD

2 follow-up statements

279 
WWUS53 KIND 292225
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
625 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

INC139-292300-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210729T2300Z/
Rush IN-
625 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY...

At 625 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Glenwood, or 14
miles southwest of Connersville, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3945 8532 3952 8546 3961 8545 3964 8530
      3945 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 323DEG 15KT 3954 8536 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TDUD

115 
WWUS53 KIND 292241
SVSIND

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
641 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

INC139-292248-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210729T2300Z/
Rush IN-
641 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3945 8532 3952 8546 3961 8545 3964 8530
      3945 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 319DEG 15KT 3950 8531 

$$

TDUD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 3:36 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	IND	Brown, Clay, Daviess, Fountain, Greene, Jackson and 13 more	16 hr
Jul 29, 7:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Randolph	23 min
Jul 29, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Clinton	26 min
Jul 29, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Henry	44 min
Jul 29, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	29 min
Jul 29, 7:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Shelby	32 min
Jul 29, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Decatur	23 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.