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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 2002Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana

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.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 1:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2002-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 2:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton25 min
May 25, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam30 min
May 25, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Knox, Sullivan36 min
May 25, 4:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Monroe25 min
May 25, 5:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson22 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.