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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2025, 7:04 PM EDT for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 19, 2025, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2025, 7:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
383
WUUS53 KIND 192304
SVRIND
INC157-192345-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0021.250319T2304Z-250319T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
704 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025
The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Tippecanoe County in west central Indiana...
* Until 745 PM EDT.
* At 704 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Otterbein to near Williamsport, moving
northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Battle Ground, West Lafayette, Lafayette, Shadeland, Dayton, and
Purdue University.
This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 167 and 181.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for west central
Indiana.
&&
LAT...LON 4037 8669 4022 8709 4042 8709 4056 8687
4056 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 230DEG 55KT 4046 8707 4023 8724
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
BRB3 follow-up statements
590
WWUS53 KIND 192315
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
715 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025
INC157-192345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250319T2345Z/
Tippecanoe IN-
715 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL TIPPECANOE COUNTY...
At 715 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Brookston to West Lafayette to 11
miles east of Williamsport, moving northeast at 65 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Battle Ground, West Lafayette, Lafayette, Shadeland, Dayton, and
Purdue University.
This includes Interstate 65 between mile markers 168 and 181.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for west central
Indiana.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4040 8669 4025 8709 4042 8709 4056 8687
4056 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 233DEG 55KT 4051 8684 4044 8694 4031 8709
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
BRB365
WWUS53 KIND 192325
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
725 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025
INC157-192345-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250319T2345Z/
Tippecanoe IN-
725 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY...
At 724 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Brookston to near West Lafayette, moving
northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Battle Ground, West Lafayette, Lafayette, Purdue University, and
Shadeland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for west central
Indiana.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4044 8669 4038 8698 4054 8690 4056 8687
4056 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 231DEG 52KT 4057 8677 4046 8688
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
BRB835
WWUS53 KIND 192335
SVSIND
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
735 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025
INC157-192344-
/O.CAN.KIND.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250319T2345Z/
Tippecanoe IN-
735 PM EDT Wed Mar 19 2025
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4044 8669 4038 8698 4054 8690 4056 8687
4056 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 230DEG 55KT 4065 8664 4054 8675
$$
BRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 50 min |
| Mar 19, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 45 min |
| Mar 19, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vigo | 28 min |
| Mar 19, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam and 3 more | 39 min |
| Mar 19, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Putnam and 1 more | 43 min |
| Mar 19, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 23 min |
| Mar 19, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 21 min |
| Mar 19, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard and 2 more | 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.