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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 12, 2002Daviess County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2002, 6:47 PM EST for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 12, 2002, 6:47 PM EST (23:47 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2002, 7:15 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Daviess County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 12, 7:00 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Plainville, IN	Trees downed

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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 77 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 122347
SVRIND
INC027-130015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
646 PM EST SUN MAY 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 644 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PLAINVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF
  VINCENNES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTGOMERY AT 655 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 3885 8720 3871 8725 3859 8704 3889 8694

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 7:58 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	2 hr
May 12, 8:01 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	3 hr
May 12, 10:50 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	115 min
May 12, 10:53 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	3 hr
May 12, 11:11 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more	2 hr
May 12, 11:15 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Boone, Clinton, Fountain, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke and 2 more	3 hr
May 12, 3:53 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph	2 hr
May 12, 3:54 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Hamilton, Madison, Randolph	3 hr
May 12, 4:44 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush	2 hr
May 12, 4:47 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Hancock, Henry, Rush	3 hr
May 12, 4:54 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo	2 hr
May 12, 4:58 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Monroe, Owen, Sullivan, Vigo	3 hr
May 12, 6:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	24 min
May 12, 6:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Martin	31 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.