Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 3:09 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2001, 3:09 PM EST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2001, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Lodi, IN | |
| Oct 24, 3:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Avon, IN | |
| Oct 24, 3:40 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Lafayette, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 11:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
983
WUUS53 KIND 242010
SVRIND
INC045-107-121-157-242045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
309 PM EST WED OCT 24 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE
NORTHERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 307 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWTOWN...OR ABOUT 22
MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW RICHMOND AT 315 PM EST
SHADELAND AT 320 PM EST
WEST LAFAYETTE AT 325 PM EST
BATTLE GROUND AT 330 PM EST
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
LAT...LON 3978 8739 3992 8677 4057 8672 4057 8689
4021 8732The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 52 min |
| Oct 24, 2:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warren | 49 min |
| Oct 24, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen, Putnam | 31 min |
| Oct 24, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 36 min |
| Oct 24, 3:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 3:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 3:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison, Tipton | 31 min |
| Oct 24, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 31 min |
| Oct 24, 4:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 36 min |
| Oct 24, 4:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 23 min |
| Oct 24, 4:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 35 min |
| Oct 24, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 26 min |
| Oct 24, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 5:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 5:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion, Shelby | 32 min |
| Oct 24, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 5:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 6:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 28 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.