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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 9, 2002Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2002, 6:35 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
Jul 9, 2002, 6:35 PM EST (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2002, 7:00 PM EST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2002-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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.

566 
WUUS53 KIND 092335
SVRIND
INC135-100000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
634 PM EST TUE JUL 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 628 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER LYNN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  RICHMOND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN BY STORM SPOTTER AROUND 
DALEVILLE.

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 4012 8504 3995 8509 3982 8449 4004 8443

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHenry25 min
Jul 9, 6:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.