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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 2002Boone County, Hendricks County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 8:50 PM EST for Boone County, Hendricks County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports 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 4, 2002, 8:50 PM EST (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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, 9:09 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Lebanon, IN
Jun 4, 9:10 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	North Salem, IN
Jun 4, 9:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Carpentersville, 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 050150
SVRIND
INC011-063-133-050230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 930 PM EST

* AT 844 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ADVANCE TO
  ROACHDALE...OR FROM 12 MILES EAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 15 MILES
  SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ADVANCE AT 855 PM EST
  NORTH SALEM AT 905 PM EST
  LEBANON AT 910 PM EST
  LIZTON AT 920 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

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 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:00 PM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes before

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:17 PM EST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
817 PM EST TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0813 PM    4 NE LAFAYETTE IN                2 VEHICLES OVERTURNED BY
                                            Reported by state

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:18 PM EST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
818 PM EST TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    WILLIAMSPORT              IN   55-65 MPH TSTM GUSTS
06/04/02   WARREN

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:21 PM EST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
821 PM EST TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    WILLIAMSPORT              IN   55-65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/04/02   WARREN                         REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:23 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
823 PM EST TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    8 N LAFAYETTE             IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   TIPPECANOE                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          2 SEMIS BLOWN OVER BY
                                          THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:47 PM EST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
847 PM EST TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0820 PM    2 W WEST LAFAYETTE        IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   TIPPECANOE                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.
TREES BLOWN DOWN 2 MILES WEST OF WEST LAFAYETTE ON US 52.

Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:49 PM EST, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
849 PM EST TUE JUN 04 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0835 PM    8 S CRAWFORDSVILLE ARPT   IN   WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02   MONTGOMERY                     REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
                                          SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

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, 8:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton	47 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.