Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2002, 5:32 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Brown County, Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 12, 2002, 5:32 PM EST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2002, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Johnson County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 5:46 PM EST | Hail 1 | Nashville, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 122232 SVRIND INC005-013-081-122315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 531 PM EST FRI APR 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 522 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRINCES LAKES...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PRINCES LAKES AT 555 PM EST EDINBURGH AT 615 PM EST HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. 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 3930 8633 3918 8632 3930 8596 3944 8602 KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion, Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 12, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 4:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 59 min |
| Apr 12, 4:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 112 min |
| Apr 12, 4:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 4:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 39 min |
| Apr 12, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 29 min |
| Apr 12, 5:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more | 67 min |
| Apr 12, 5:41 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Greene, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Shelby | 30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.