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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 27, 2021Delaware County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2021, 11:35 PM EDT for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
Mar 27, 2021, 11:35 PM EDT (03:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Delaware County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

343 
WWUS83 KIND 280335
SPSIND

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1135 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021
 
INZ041-280400-
Delaware IN-
1135 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...WIND GUSTS 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL POSSIBLE...

At 1133 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms 
along a line extending from near Matthews to near Muncie to 11 miles 
east of Anderson. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Muncie, Yorktown, Albany, Eaton, Daleville, Gaston, Selma and Ball
State University.

LAT...LON 4008 8554 4008 8557 4038 8558 4038 8522
      4015 8522
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 235DEG 55KT 4041 8546 4027 8541 4013 8548 

$$

JAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVermillion30 min
Mar 27, 9:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery44 min
Mar 27, 9:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery41 min
Mar 27, 9:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery28 min
Mar 27, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery30 min
Mar 27, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton34 min
Mar 27, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClay, Vigo37 min
Mar 27, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Hamilton, Madison34 min
Mar 27, 11:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Montgomery3 hr
Mar 28, 12:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDLawrence38 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.