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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2002Greene County, Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 5:57 PM EST for Greene County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 3 reports 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
May 1, 2002, 5:57 PM EST (22:57 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 6:30 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, IN, Lawrence County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 5:59 PM ESTHail 1Bloomfield, IN
May 1, 6:16 PM ESTHail 1Owensburg, IN
May 1, 6:38 PM ESTHail 1.75Bedford, IN

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 1, 2:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
May 1, 3:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2002-05-01Temperature 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 2002-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 012257
SVRIND
INC055-093-012330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
557 PM EST WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 557 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BLOOMFIELD...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OOLITIC AT 630 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 3916 8709 3894 8714 3889 8671 3882 8649
          3898 8633 3900 8670 3917 8672

DRT/JEZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 3:17 PM ESTTornado WarningINDKnox28 min
May 1, 3:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox28 min
May 1, 5:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan24 min
May 1, 5:35 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGreene, Sullivan55 min
May 1, 5:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDGreene, Sullivan114 min
May 1, 5:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene24 min
May 1, 5:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox, Martin24 min
May 1, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin17 min
May 1, 6:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence54 min
May 1, 6:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDLawrence114 min
May 1, 6:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence35 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.