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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 24, 2002Hancock County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2002, 4:28 PM EST for Hancock County, Rush County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 62 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 24, 2002, 4:28 PM EST (21:28 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2002, 5:30 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hancock County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-05-24Temperature 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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 242128
SVRIND
INC059-139-145-242230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
427 PM EST FRI MAY 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 425 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MORRISTOWN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF
  SHELBYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARTHAGE AT 435 PM EST

IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES...GO INSIDE A STURDY 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 3978 8579 3964 8579 3961 8524 3979 8525

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.