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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 4, 2002Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 9:01 PM EST for Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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, 9:01 PM EST (02:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2002, 9:45 PM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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 4, 9:20 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Russiaville, IN
Jun 4, 9:23 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Tipton, 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, 9:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 050201
SVRIND
INC067-159-050245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KOKOMO
  TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 945 PM EST

* AT 859 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSIAVILLE
  TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSIAVILLE...OR FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LOGANSPORT TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSSIAVILLE AT 905 PM EST
  KOKOMO AT 910 PM EST
  SHARPSVILLE AT 915 PM EST
  GREENTOWN 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.

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, 8:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks, Putnam	40 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.