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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 22, 2002Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2002, 11:14 PM EST for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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 22, 2002, 11:14 PM EST (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2002, 11:45 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lawrence County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3265 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2002-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
3265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

913 
WUUS53 KIND 230414
SVRIND
INC093-230445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1114 PM EST MON JUL 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD

* UNTIL 1145 PM EST

* AT 1111 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OOLITIC...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BEDFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OOLITIC AT 1120 PM EST
  BEDFORD AT 1125 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 3899 8661 3890 8669 3872 8637 3894 8632

KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 9:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan50 min
Jul 22, 10:51 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Warren54 min
Jul 22, 10:52 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Warren113 min
Jul 22, 10:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDOwen65 min
Jul 22, 10:58 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDOwen2 hr

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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.