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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 24, 20224 counties in Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2022, 9:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2022, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2022, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2022-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 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 2022-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 24, 6:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
752 PM EDT Sun Apr 24 2022

INZ028-250015-
Warren IN-
752 PM EDT Sun Apr 24 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Warren County
through 815 PM EDT...

At 751 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rossville, or 14 miles north of Danville, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of Warren County,
including the following locations... Rainsville, Pine Village, Tab
and Pence.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4044 8753 4048 8739 4047 8713 4037 8709
      4036 8711 4034 8713 4034 8717 4031 8724
      4029 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 252DEG 33KT 4034 8755

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

Updike

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDTippecanoe36 min
Apr 24, 9:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDCarroll24 min
Apr 24, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDParke33 min
Apr 24, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam28 min
Apr 24, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDVigo34 min
Apr 24, 11:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDKnox27 min
Apr 24, 11:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Parke, Putnam11 min
Apr 24, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery33 min
Apr 24, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClay, Owen, Putnam50 min
Apr 25, 3:53 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningINDJohnson17 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2022Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.