Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2002, 3:09 PM EST for Greene County, Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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 25, 2002, 3:09 PM EST (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2002, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Oaktown, IN | Trees down |
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 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 252009 SVRIND INC055-083-153-252045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 309 PM EST SAT MAY 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 345 PM EST * AT 304 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OAKTOWN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SANDBORN AT 330 PM EST LINTON AT 335 PM EST LYONS AT 340 PM EST SWITZ CITY AT 345 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 3899 8755 3881 8750 3894 8694 3910 8699
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, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 41 min |
| May 25, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.