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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 2002Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2002, 5:31 PM EST for Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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 15, 2002, 5:31 PM EST (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2002, 6:15 PM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 15, 5:42 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Speedway, IN
Jun 15, 5:46 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Amo, 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 152231
SVRIND
INC063-097-152315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
531 PM EST SAT JUN 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

* UNTIL 615 PM EST

* AT 529 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BROWNSBURG...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF
  INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PLAINFIELD AT 540 PM EST
  SPEEDWAY AT 545 PM EST
  INDIANAPOLIS AT 550 PM EST
  LAWRENCE AT 555 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 3992 8649 3984 8670 3965 8669 3964 8597
          3993 8597

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 5:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan, Putnam	43 min
Jun 15, 6:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson	43 min
Jun 15, 6:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew, Brown	28 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.