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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 28, 2002Montgomery County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 12:15 AM EST for Montgomery County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 28, 2002, 12:15 AM EST (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2002, 1:00 AM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Montgomery County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 12:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 516 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
516 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
567 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KIND 280515
SVRIND
INC107-133-280600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1215 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CRAWFORDSVILLE
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GREENCASTLE

* UNTIL 100 AM EST

* AT 1210 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELLVILLE...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES EAST OF ROCKVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW MARKET AT 1220 AM EST
  BAINBRIDGE AT 1225 AM EST
  FILLMORE AT 1230 AM 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.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS.

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 4015 8708 3946 8699 3946 8675 4014 8670

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:57 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo3 min
Apr 27, 11:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo62 min
Apr 28, 12:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo26 min
Apr 28, 12:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan39 min
Apr 28, 12:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Johnson, Marion42 min
Apr 28, 1:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin3 hr
Apr 28, 1:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin118 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.