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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2021, 10:09 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Marion County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. 4 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Marion County, IN, Tipton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 10:09 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Wnw Meridian Hills, IN | |
| Mar 25, 10:12 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | Carmel, IN | TWO REPORTS OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN CARMEL RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Mar 25, 10:17 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 Nw Carmel, IN | PEA SIZE HAIL LOCATED AT 146TH STREET AND SPRING MILL ROAD. RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
| Mar 25, 10:23 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Cicero, IN | RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
501
WWUS83 KIND 260209
SPSIND
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1009 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
INZ031-037>040-047-260245-
Howard IN-Tipton IN-Madison IN-Boone IN-Hamilton IN-Marion IN-
1009 PM EDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...PENNY SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH EXPECTED...
At 1008 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Speedway, or 7 miles northwest of Indianapolis, moving northeast at
80 mph.
Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Indianapolis, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Lawrence, Zionsville,
Speedway, Elwood, Tipton, Windfall, Westfield, Cicero, Sheridan,
Frankton, Arcadia, Meridian Hills, Clermont, Atlanta, Rocky Ripple
and Orestes.
LAT...LON 4041 8586 4038 8586 4038 8578 4034 8568
3976 8611 3983 8633 3992 8633 3992 8635
4046 8600
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 208DEG 69KT 3988 8620
$$
AWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Daviess | 22 min |
| Mar 25, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 47 min |
| Mar 25, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Monroe, Morgan | 31 min |
| Mar 25, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Howard, Tipton | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 43 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.