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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2002Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 10:28 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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, 10:28 PM EST (03:28 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 11:15 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 405 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
405 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
603 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 020328
SVRIND
INC121-165-020415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1028 PM EST WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROCKVILLE
  CENTRAL VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 1021 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTH OF PARIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DANA AT 1035 PM EST
  NEWPORT AT 1045 PM EST
  ROCKVILLE AT 1055 PM EST
  BLOOMINGDALE AT 1100 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.

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 3983 8773 3966 8762 3969 8708 3998 8720

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 11:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.