Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 3:47 PM EST for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
- May 1, 2002, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 1, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 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 012047
SVRIND
INC027-083-012115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
347 PM EST WED MAY 1 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 347 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROE CITY...OR ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WASHINGTON AT 355 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.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
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 3852 8751 3869 8746 3865 8694 3850 8697
3855 8713 3852 8731
ZIMMERMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 28 min |
| May 1, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 55 min |
| May 1, 5:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 114 min |
| May 1, 5:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox, Martin | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence | 33 min |
| May 1, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 17 min |
| May 1, 6:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 54 min |
| May 1, 6:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Lawrence | 114 min |
| May 1, 6:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 35 min |
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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.