Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 21, 2002, 3:12 PM EST for Lawrence County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2002, 3:12 PM EST (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2002, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:30 PM EST | Hail 1.5 | Dover Hill, IN | Windows and siding were damaged on a church |
| Apr 21, 3:45 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Mitchell, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 540 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 212012 SVRIND INC093-101-212045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 312 PM EST SUN APR 21 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 345 PM EST * AT 304 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES WEST OF SHOALS...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SHOALS AT 320 PM EST MITCHELL AT 340 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 3879 8693 3862 8692 3872 8631 3893 8631
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 9:35 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 21, 9:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 37 min |
| Apr 21, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 24 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.