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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 29, 2021Decatur County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT for Decatur County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2021, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 2113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 9.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

716 
WUUS53 KIND 300045
SVRIND
INC031-145-300130-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0059.210730T0045Z-210730T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Shelby County in central Indiana...
  Central Decatur County in central Indiana...

* Until 930 PM EDT.

* At 843 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles west of
  Greensburg, or 10 miles southeast of Shelbyville, moving southeast
  at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Adams and Milford around 855 PM EDT.
  Burney around 900 PM EDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Greensburg, Letts, Westport and Millhousen.

Some rotation has been noted aloft with this storm.

This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 120 and 135.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3925 8533 3914 8556 3927 8569 3935 8568
      3935 8577 3940 8582 3951 8564 3950 8563
      3945 8563 3945 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 323DEG 18KT 3940 8567 

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

CP

1 follow-up statement

691 
WWUS53 KIND 300121
SVSIND

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

INC031-145-300130-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210730T0130Z/
Shelby IN-Decatur IN-
921 PM EDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY AND CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTIES...

At 921 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Shelbyville, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
  St. Paul, Milford, Adams, Burney, Greensburg and Letts.

This includes Interstate 74 between mile markers 120 and 135.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3925 8533 3914 8556 3927 8569 3935 8568
      3935 8577 3940 8582 3951 8564 3950 8563
      3945 8563 3945 8557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 312DEG 13KT 3938 8570 

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

CP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Shelby	34 min
Jul 29, 8:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush, Shelby	31 min
Jul 29, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Knox	39 min
Jul 29, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	45 min
Jul 29, 9:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	5 hr
Jul 29, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	21 min
Jul 29, 10:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	3 hr
Jul 30, 1:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Decatur, Shelby	6 hr
Jul 30, 3:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	IND	Bartholomew	8 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.