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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 3, 2022Fountain County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2022, 6:21 PM EDT for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2022, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2022, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Fountain County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

708 
WWUS83 KIND 032221
SPSIND

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
621 PM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022
 
INZ029-035-036-043-044-032245-
Montgomery IN-Fountain IN-Parke IN-Vermillion IN-Tippecanoe IN-
621 PM EDT Wed Aug 3 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Fountain, southern
Tippecanoe, northwestern Parke, central Vermillion and northwestern
Montgomery Counties through 645 PM EDT...

At 620 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles southwest of Lafayette to 6 miles
northwest of Newport. Movement was east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of Fountain,
southern Tippecanoe, northwestern Parke, central Vermillion and
northwestern Montgomery Counties, including the following
locations... New Richmond, Mellott, Lodi, Wingate, Cayuga, Newtown,
Wallace, Hillsboro, Turkey Run State Park and Yeddo.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 65 near mile marker 163.
 Interstate 74 between mile markers 13 and 30.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
west central Indiana.

&&

LAT...LON 3994 8753 3998 8747 4032 8707 4031 8670
      4031 8671 3988 8722 3987 8753
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 250DEG 38KT 4032 8700 3993 8752 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Updike

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Warren	46 min
Aug 3, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	30 min
Aug 3, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Fountain	49 min
Aug 3, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	44 min
Aug 3, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	33 min
Aug 3, 6:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	IND	Warren	3 hr
Aug 3, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Carroll	50 min
Aug 3, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Rush	14 min
Aug 3, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	IND	Montgomery, Parke	43 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.