Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2002, 2:58 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 29, 2002, 2:58 PM EST (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2002, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Delaware County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 3:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Albany, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 12:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
585 WUUS53 KIND 291958 SVRIND INC035-292045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 256 PM EST MON JUL 29 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE * UNTIL 345 PM EST * AT 251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 13 MILES WEST OF MATTHEWS TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YORKTOWN...OR FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF MARION TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MUNCIE AT 320 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 4039 8554 4010 8555 4013 8524 4039 8522 KOCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 1:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 1:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 39 min |
| Jul 29, 2:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 46 min |
| Jul 29, 2:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison, Tipton | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 3:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 43 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.