Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2002, 12:48 AM EST for Hamilton County, Johnson County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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 28, 2002, 12:48 AM EST (05:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:25 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Fishers, IN | Trees down across roads. |
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 28, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 536 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 739 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694 WUUS53 KIND 280548 SVRIND INC057-081-097-280630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1246 AM EST SUN APR 28 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESTFIELD...NOBLESVILLE...FISHERS... CICERO...CARMEL JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITELAND...NEW WHITELAND... GREENWOOD...FRANKLIN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAWRENCE...INDIANAPOLIS...BEECH GROVE * UNTIL 130 AM EST * AT 1241 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 29 MILES WEST OF WYNNEDALE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENCASTLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MORGANTOWN AT 110 AM EST WYNNEDALE AT 115 AM EST INDIANAPOLIS AT 120 AM EST WARREN PARK AT 125 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 4016 8623 3933 8627 3934 8603 4017 8594
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, 12:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 12:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan | 39 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.