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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 28, 2021Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 12:22 AM EDT for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2021, 12:22 AM EDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2021, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2021-03-28Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

502 
WWUS83 KIND 280422
SPSIND

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1222 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
 
INZ062-069>071-280500-
Martin IN-Lawrence IN-Jackson IN-Monroe IN-
1222 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...

At 1221 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles north of Shoals, or 15 miles west of Bedford, moving northeast
at 65 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bedford, Oolitic, Medora, Crane, Heltonville, Norman, Indian Springs,
Bartlettsville, Williams, Avoca, Pleasant View, Silverville and
Kurtz.

LAT...LON 3890 8690 3890 8668 3896 8668 3905 8630
      3905 8620 3881 8613 3872 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 247DEG 55KT 3884 8679 

$$

MK

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 27, 11:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware25 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.