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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2002, 2:49 PM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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 25, 2002, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2002, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 251949 SVRIND INC035-095-252030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 248 PM EST SAT MAY 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 330 PM EST * AT 247 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKTON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FRANKTON AT 255 PM EST ORESTES AT 305 PM EST ALEXANDRIA AT 310 PM EST SUMMITVILLE AT 315 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. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. 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 4039 8583 4018 8583 4023 8529 4047 8532
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 25 min |
| May 25, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 30 min |
| May 25, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 36 min |
| May 25, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 25 min |
| May 25, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 22 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.