Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2002, 6:05 PM EST for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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 9, 2002, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2002, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Henry County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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 9, 6:05 PM EST | Tornado F0 | New Castle, IN | National Weather Service survey confirmed an F0 touchdown. Minor damage to 3 homes. 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
348 WFUS53 KIND 092305 TORIND INC065-092330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 PM EST TUE JUL 9 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 630 PM EST * AT 559 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NEW CASTLE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MOORELAND AT 630 PM EST A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. SOME TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN. 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. LAT...LON 4000 8551 3982 8549 3982 8522 4003 8522
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 36 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.