Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2002, 8:31 PM EST for Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2002, 8:31 PM EST (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2002, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:59 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Spencer, IN | Trees were 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
620 WUUS53 KIND 020131 SVRIND INC119-020200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 831 PM EST SAT JUN 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 827 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPENCER...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPENCER AT 850 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Parke, Putnam | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.