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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 28, 2002Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2002, 5:58 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
Mar 28, 2002, 5:58 PM EST (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2002, 6:30 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 12:00Z on 2002-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 430 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
430 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
474 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 282258
SVRIND
INC027-101-282330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
557 PM EST THU MAR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 548 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF
  VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTGOMERY AT 605 PM EST
  CANNELBURG AT 610 PM EST
  LOOGOOTEE AT 615 PM EST
  SHOALS AT 625 PM EST

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF A QUARTER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS 
STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A 
GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

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 3877 8723 3859 8725 3852 8670 3875 8667

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.