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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 17, 2023Fountain County, Montgomery County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2023, 4:51 PM EDT for Fountain County, Montgomery 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 2023, 4:51 PM EDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2023, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Jul 17, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 4:00 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 2:26 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:37 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:41 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion29 min
Jul 16, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock26 min
Jul 16, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMarion35 min
Jul 16, 8:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDBoone, Hamilton, Hancock, Marion86 min
Jul 16, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Shelby18 min
Jul 16, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDecatur52 min
Jul 17, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren50 min
Jul 17, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDClinton23 min
Jul 17, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRandolph34 min
Jul 17, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe35 min
Jul 17, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMontgomery27 min
Jul 17, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware23 min
Jul 17, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDBoone, Hamilton37 min
Jul 17, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam47 min
Jul 17, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton41 min
Jul 17, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison29 min
Jul 17, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Marion24 min
Jul 17, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion, Warren32 min
Jul 17, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan34 min
Jul 17, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Marion, Morgan29 min
Jul 17, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph44 min
Jul 17, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion23 min
Jul 17, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Parke, Putnam13 min
Jul 17, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHenry33 min
Jul 17, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby27 min
Jul 17, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam26 min
Jul 17, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby37 min
Jul 17, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Shelby32 min
Jul 17, 7:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDHendricks, Marion3 hr
Jul 17, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDRush37 min
Jul 17, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Rush, Shelby33 min
Jul 17, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJohnson, Shelby24 min
Jul 17, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan, Shelby36 min
Jul 17, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush, Shelby38 min
Jul 17, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDPutnam33 min
Jul 17, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, Shelby27 min
Jul 17, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMorgan32 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.