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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 26, 2002Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2002, 12:01 PM EST for Hamilton County, Madison 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: Jul 26, 2002, 12:01 PM EST (17:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2002, 12:45 PM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 12:06 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Noblesville, IN
Jul 26, 12:25 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Anderson, 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

906 
WUUS53 KIND 261701
SVRIND
INC057-095-261745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1201 PM EST FRI JUL 26 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDERSON

* UNTIL 1245 PM EST

* AT 1156 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NOBLESVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF
  ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAPEL AT 1210 PM EST
  EDGEWOOD AT 1220 PM EST
  ANDERSON AT 1225 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 4015 8611 3997 8609 3999 8560 4022 8560

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 12:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	30 min
Jul 26, 1:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	15 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2002 Every 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.