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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 245, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 21, 2026Jackson County, Jennings County, Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2026, 2:04 PM EDT for Jackson County, Jennings County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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 21, 2026, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2026, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 956 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
956 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
883 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.9

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDLawrence30 min
Jul 21, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJennings35 min
Jul 21, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJackson41 min
Jul 21, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDaviess, Martin52 min
Jul 21, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin43 min
Jul 21, 2:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryINDDaviess, Martin2 hr
Jul 21, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDMartin37 min
Jul 21, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJennings36 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.