Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2002, 1:43 PM EST for Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 62 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 27, 2002, 1:43 PM EST (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2002, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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 27, 2:24 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Avon, IN | |
| Jun 27, 2:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Lawrence, 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, 6.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1858 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 271843 SVRIND INC063-097-271945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 141 PM EST THU JUN 27 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 245 PM EST * AT 138 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BROWNSBURG...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPEEDWAY AT 155 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS AT 210 PM EST THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...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 3966 8666 3993 8671 3993 8599 3966 8598 DRT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 12:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 1:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 1:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.