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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Indianapolis, IN

December 11, 202110 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 11, 2021, 12:58 AM EST for 10 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
Dec 11, 2021, 12:58 AM EST (05:58 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 2021, 1:30 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Boone County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Madison County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:57 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
Dec 11, 1:01 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG1 E Ladoga, INLARGE BRACHES AND TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Dec 11, 1:15 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 N Elwood, INSEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND NORTHERN PARTS OF COUNTY, POWER POLES DOWN AS WELL. 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
Dec 10, 8:47 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Dec 11, 12:20 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2021-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 119 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 2021-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 341 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
119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
357 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

313 
WUUS53 KIND 110558
SVRIND
INC011-023-057-063-067-095-107-121-133-159-110630-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0095.211211T0558Z-211211T0630Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1258 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Madison County in central Indiana...
  Southeastern Clinton County in central Indiana...
  Eastern Howard County in central Indiana...
  Northwestern Hendricks County in central Indiana...
  East central Parke County in west central Indiana...
  Boone County in central Indiana...
  Northern Hamilton County in central Indiana...
  Tipton County in central Indiana...
  Southern Montgomery County in west central Indiana...
  Northern Putnam County in west central Indiana...

* Until 130 AM EST.

* At 1258 AM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Sweetser to near Lebanon to 12 miles south of
  Crawfordsville, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Sheridan around 115 AM EST.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Westfield, North Salem, New Ross, Noblesville, Jamestown, Advance,
Morse Reservoir, Cicero, Arcadia, Atlanta and Lizton.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 between mile markers 132 and 150.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 36 and 58.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM EST for central and
west 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM EST for central and
west central Indiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until
600 AM EST for central Indiana.

&&

LAT...LON 4056 8586 4038 8586 4038 8569 4016 8591
      3983 8665 3967 8707 4001 8706 4025 8637
      4057 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 252DEG 33KT 4057 8584 4006 8638 3986 8693 

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

$$

KH
1 follow-up statement
593 
WWUS53 KIND 110627
SVSIND

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

INC011-023-057-063-067-095-107-121-133-159-110637-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-211211T0630Z/
Madison IN-Clinton IN-Howard IN-Hendricks IN-Parke IN-Boone IN-
Hamilton IN-Tipton IN-Montgomery IN-Putnam IN-
127 AM EST Sat Dec 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MADISON...
SOUTHEASTERN CLINTON...EASTERN HOWARD...NORTHWESTERN HENDRICKS...EAST
CENTRAL PARKE...BOONE...NORTHERN HAMILTON...TIPTON...SOUTHERN
MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM EST...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM EST for central and
west central Indiana. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until
600 AM EST for central Indiana.

LAT...LON 4056 8586 4038 8586 4038 8569 4016 8591
      3983 8665 3967 8707 4001 8706 4025 8637
      4057 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 252DEG 33KT 4064 8554 4013 8608 3994 8663 

$$

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, 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, 2:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.