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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 1, 2002Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2002, 7:22 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 1, 2002, 7:22 PM EST (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2002, 8:00 PM EST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Parke County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3567 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
3567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1437 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

610 
WUUS53 KIND 020022
SVRIND
INC121-020100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
721 PM EST SAT JUN 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 717 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF MECCA...OR ABOUT 23 MILES
  NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JUDSON AT 730 PM EST

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 3994 8736 3965 8739 3960 8712 3988 8709

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Putnam46 min
Jun 1, 8:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen29 min
Jun 2, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene51 min
Jun 2, 3:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence34 min
Jun 2, 3:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin55 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.