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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2002Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 6:13 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 17 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, 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 6:30 PM EST
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 012313
SVRIND
INC101-012330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 613 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CRANE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF
  BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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.

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 3892 8693 3869 8695 3867 8668 3890 8670

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, 5:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Lawrence33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.