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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
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.
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 28, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 3 min |
| Apr 27, 11:58 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 12:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan | 39 min |
| Apr 28, 12:48 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Johnson, Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 1:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:17 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin | 118 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.