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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 2002Carroll County, Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 8:28 PM EST for Carroll County, Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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 4, 2002, 8:28 PM EST (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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
Jun 4, 8:50 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 80 M	Pyrmont, IN
Jun 4, 8:52 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Rossville, IN
Jun 4, 9:05 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Cutler, 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 4, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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: 1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 050128
SVRIND
INC015-023-050215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 824 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF MULBERRY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  WEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MULBERRY AT 840 PM EST
  ROSSVILLE AT 845 PM EST
  FLORA AT 850 PM EST
  BURLINGTON AT 855 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 4067 8672 4023 8669 4021 8624 4045 8638
          4070 8639

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe, Warren	45 min
Jun 4, 8:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe	28 min
Jun 4, 8:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Putnam	40 min
Jun 4, 9:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	44 min
Jun 4, 9:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton, Marion	45 min
Jun 5, 12:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson	37 min
Jun 5, 12:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	26 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.