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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 2002Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2002, 3:50 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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: Jun 2, 2002, 3:50 PM EST (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2002, 4:45 PM EST
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 2, 4:34 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Elnora, IN

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
Jun 2, 2:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -519 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

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

471 
WUUS53 KIND 022050
SVRIND
INC027-101-022145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
349 PM EST SUN JUN 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 342 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ODON...OR ABOUT 26 MILES WEST OF
  BEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

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 3887 8712 3869 8707 3872 8678 3887 8675

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 1, 8:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Owen	29 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

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.