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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 10, 2002Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 10, 2002, 2:56 PM EST for Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 2002, 2:56 PM EST (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 2002, 3:45 PM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 3:00 PM ESTHail 0.75Plainfield, IN
Nov 10, 3:12 PM ESTHail 1(Ind)Indnpls Intl Ar, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 12:10 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 101956
TORIND
INC063-097-102045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
256 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

* UNTIL 345 PM EST

* AT 252 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  CLAYTON...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SPEEDWAY AT 315 PM EST
  INDIANAPOLIS AT 320 PM EST
  WARREN PARK AT 325 PM EST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE OR USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT.

$$
KOCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 12:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke, Vermillion46 min
Nov 10, 12:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery32 min
Nov 10, 1:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vigo37 min
Nov 10, 1:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton31 min
Nov 10, 1:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Putnam32 min
Nov 10, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Tipton45 min
Nov 10, 2:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam48 min
Nov 10, 2:39 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Madison36 min
Nov 10, 2:43 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan, Putnam32 min
Nov 10, 2:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton31 min
Nov 10, 3:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMadison35 min
Nov 10, 3:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Owen27 min
Nov 10, 3:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Morgan24 min
Nov 10, 3:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe35 min
Nov 10, 3:27 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware33 min
Nov 10, 4:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Lawrence44 min
Nov 10, 4:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson27 min
Nov 10, 4:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson27 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.