Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2002, 3:06 PM EST for Tippecanoe 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
- Sep 19, 2002, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2002, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 3:20 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Countywide, IN | Trees 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 2028 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
056 WUUS53 KIND 192006 SVRIND INC157-192030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 306 PM EST THU SEP 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE * UNTIL 330 PM EST * AT 259 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF SHADELAND...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LAFAYETTE AT 315 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 4058 8681 4024 8680 4024 8709 4058 8711 DRT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2002Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.