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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2024, 3:08 AM EDT for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 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 2, 2024, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2024, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Daviess County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
610
WWUS83 KIND 020708
SPSIND
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
308 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
INZ067-068-020730-
Daviess IN-Knox IN-
308 AM EDT Fri Aug 2 2024
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Knox
and Daviess Counties through 330 AM EDT...
At 307 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Washington, or 12 miles east of Vincennes, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Washington, Bicknell, Loogootee, Odon, Elnora, Wheatland, Plainville,
Sandborn, Montgomery, Edwardsport, Crane, Cannelburg, West Boggs
Lake, and Freelandville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3863 8734 3887 8741 3891 8715 3890 8711
3890 8690 3882 8690 3882 8692 3862 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 264DEG 31KT 3868 8728
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
BRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Madison, Marion | 12 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Randolph | 12 hr |
| Aug 1, 11:04 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | Brown, Clay, Greene, Hendricks, Johnson, Lawrence and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Johnson | 24 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.