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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 24, 2021Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2021, 11:54 PM EDT for Fountain County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 24, 2021, 11:54 PM EDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2021, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

Counties Fountain County, IN, Warren County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2021-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2737 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 2021-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.3

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 24, 11:36 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 11:36 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 10:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion32 min
Aug 25, 11:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan30 min
Aug 25, 11:10 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDPutnam3 hr
Aug 25, 11:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion26 min
Aug 25, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks18 min
Aug 25, 11:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks19 min
Aug 25, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks30 min
Aug 25, 11:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJohnson26 min
Aug 25, 11:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Marion4 hr
Aug 25, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan, Shelby25 min
Aug 25, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Shelby36 min
Aug 25, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDLawrence30 min
Aug 25, 2:08 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDOwen, Putnam3 hr
Aug 25, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDLawrence31 min
Aug 25, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMartin27 min
Aug 25, 4:02 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Sullivan3 hr
Aug 25, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDSullivan31 min

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