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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 15, 2002Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2002, 7:06 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2002, 7:06 PM EST (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2002, 7:30 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 197 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 160006
SVRIND
INC005-031-079-160030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 700 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF NEWPOINT TO 8
  MILES WEST OF NORTH VERNON...OR FROM 27 MILES EAST OF SHELBYVILLE
  TO 6 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN JENNINGS COUNTY AT 720 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 3945 8539 3912 8581 3882 8577 3893 8546
          3919 8546 3927 8529
SALLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings20 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.