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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 1, 2024Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2024, 2:03 PM EDT for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 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
Aug 1, 2024, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2024, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

County Knox County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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
Aug 1, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2024-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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 2024-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -47 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1323 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 Aug 1, 1:32 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:32 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 3:14 AM EDT, 10 hours 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
314 AM EDT Thu Aug 1 2024

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-020715-
Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-
Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-
Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-
Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Knox-Daviess-
Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings-
314 AM EDT Thu Aug 1 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Additional rounds of thunderstorms are possible today into
tonight, with severe storms remaining a threat. Damaging winds
are the primary concern. Any storm will produce lightning and
be capable of heavy rain and localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Thunderstorms are again possible Friday, lingering into Saturday.
Storm chances return Tuesday of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports of flooding or wind damage would be appreciated.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate
information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess, Martin54 min
Aug 1, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Martin49 min
Aug 1, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDLawrence25 min
Aug 1, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJackson43 min
Aug 1, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks23 min
Aug 1, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Marion47 min
Aug 1, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton, Madison53 min
Aug 1, 5:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion3 hr
Aug 1, 5:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDMadison3 hr
Aug 1, 5:31 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatINDHamilton3 hr
Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion26 min
Aug 1, 6:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion2 hr
Aug 1, 6:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Henry, Madison, Randolph2 hr
Aug 1, 7:32 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningINDRush, Shelby13 hr

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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.