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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 16, 2021Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 5:49 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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 16, 2021, 5:49 PM EDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2021, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN

County Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 139 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

092 
WWUS83 KIND 162149
SPSIND

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
549 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

INZ062-069-070-162215-
Martin-Lawrence-Monroe-
549 PM EDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES...

At 547 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 5 miles west of 
Bedford, moving northeast at 30 to 40 mph.

Brief winds around 40 mph are possible with this storm. Very heavy 
rain also will occur which could cause ponding of water on roads and 
low-lying areas.

Locations impacted include...
Bedford, Oolitic, Heltonville, Williams, Avoca, Fairfax State
Recreation Area, Silverville, Charles Deam Wilderness and
Bartlettsville.

LAT...LON 3874 8669 3887 8677 3891 8671 3890 8668
      3892 8668 3910 8637 3905 8637 3905 8632
      3899 8632 3899 8628 3884 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 242DEG 35KT 3883 8664 

$$

TWF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph24 min
Jul 15, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTippecanoe49 min
Jul 15, 8:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDCarroll3 hr
Jul 16, 8:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson21 days
Jul 16, 9:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion23 hr
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Johnson, Shelby4 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen24 hr
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMonroe, Morgan, Owen24 hr
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDShelby50 hr
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDClay, Greene24 hr
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson3 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox8 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDGreene, Monroe, Owen3 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo5 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan7 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDBartholomew66 hr
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDKnox, Sullivan7 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Washington5 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDSullivan, Vigo5 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox4 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan3 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike10 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDDaviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike6 days
Jul 16, 11:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDMarion, Morgan69 hr
Jul 16, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings29 min
Jul 16, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBrown26 min
Jul 16, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin34 min
Jul 16, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBrown31 min
Jul 16, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan30 min
Jul 16, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDLawrence, Martin25 min
Jul 16, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur22 min
Jul 16, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBartholomew41 min
Jul 16, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRipley13 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.