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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 25, 2002Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2002, 5:08 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 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, 5:08 PM EST (22:08 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2002, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 5:20 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Columbus, IN	Trees down on a trailer

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 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 252208
SVRIND
INC005-071-252230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
507 PM EST SAT MAY 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 503 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM HOPE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  JONESVILLE...OR FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS TO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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.

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 3936 8583 3891 8609 3894 8588 3930 8571

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, 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.