Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Jun 4, 2002, 8:00 PM EST (01:00 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2002, 8:45 PM EST

In force

45 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Tippecanoe County, IN, Warren County, IN

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

000 
WUUS53 KIND 050100
SVRIND
INC157-171-050145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
800 PM EST TUE JUN 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 800 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST LEBANON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE VILLAGE AT 815 PM EST
  OTTERBEIN AT 830 PM EST
  WEST LAFAYETTE AT 840 PM EST
  BATTLE GROUND AT 845 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.

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 4037 8760 4020 8753 4038 8709 4036 8671
          4059 8680

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 2:00 PM EST, 6 hours earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
200 PM EST TUE JUN 4 2002

LOW PRES OVR ERM IA WITH WM FRONT STRETCHING ACRS S WI TO SRN MI.
CENTRAL INDIANA CONTINUES TO BE UNDER VRY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS AS
DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LW 70S ACRS MUCH OF THE AREA. LASTEST VIS PIX
SHOW GOOD CU DEVELOPMENT WITH SCT -RWS ACRS IWX/S CWA.

MAIN FCST CHALLNEGE TDY WL BE POPS TONIGHT.

NGM A BIT TOO FAST WITH PROGRESSING CD FRONT EASTERD AS IT HAS THE
FRONT SURGEING THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA BY THE 12Z WED. CONSIDERING
THE FRONT CURRENT POSITION...OVR SRN IA TO EASTERN KS FEEL THE ETA
HAS A BIT BETTER HANDLE ON THE SLOWER FRONTAL SPEED AND WL HOLD OFF ON
FROPA AT IND UNTIL AFTER 12Z. ALSO SWRLY UPPER FLOW LEADED ME TO
BELIEVE THAT THE SLOWER FROPA LOOKS BETTER. INFLUENCE FROM UPPER TFOF
WL ENHANCE TSRA DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT...BUT EXPECT MUCH OF THE
DEVELOPMENT NE THE FRONT AS BEST CONVERGENE WL BE LOCATED THERE. TIME
SECTIONS ALSO DISPLAY BEST RH/S AFTER 12Z WITH GOOD VV THEN. DO FEEL
THAT CURRENT LIKELY POPS ARE WARRENTED ACRS THE NW CWA AND WL
CONTINUE THERE BUT WL CUT BACK LIKELY POPS ACRS THE IND AREA.

WED LOOKS TO BE A CLDY RAIN DAY AS UPPER TROF LINGERS IN THE
VICINITY...CAA IS ON AND CD FRONT SLOWLY MAKES IT/S WAY ACRS THE
STATE. WL GO OCNL RWS/TSRA ENDING DURG THE EVE ESP SE. MAY TAPER OFF
EARLIER ACRS THE NW AS FRONT SHUD BE WELL SE OF THE AREA BY THEN.

EXPECT CLRING ON WED NIGHT AS HIGH PRES AND DRIER AIR BUILDS BEHIND
THE FRONT. TIME SECTIONS HERE HINT AT MUCH LOWER RH AND SUBSIDENCE.
THURS SHUD BE COOLER AND MORE PLEASANT DAY WITH COOLER TEMPS IN NRLY
SFC FLOW.

MAV TEMPS LOOK OK EXPECT WL LEAN SLIGHTLY COOLER ACRS THE CENTRAL
AREA AS INCREASING CLDS AND EXPECTED RAIN SHUD PREVENT MUCH HEATING.

.IND...NONE.
PUMA

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.