Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2002, 1:51 PM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 13, 2002, 1:51 PM EST (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2002, 2:15 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Madison County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 1:52 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Alexandria, IN | Trees and power lines down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871 WUUS53 KIND 131851 SVRIND INC095-131915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 150 PM EST TUE AUG 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 215 PM EST * AT 143 PM EST...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ALEXANDRIA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF ANDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN MADISON COUNTY AT 200 PM EST THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 65 MPH WIND IN ALEXANDRIA AT 149 PM. DAMAGING WIND...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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 4028 8578 4016 8561 4038 8557 4039 8571 DRT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 25 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.