Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 20, 2002, 11:39 AM EST for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 20, 2002, 11:39 AM EST (16:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2002, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Daviess County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 11:58 AM EST | Tornado F2 | Washington, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 11:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 429 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
925 WFUS53 KIND 201639 TORIND INC027-201730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1139 AM EST FRI SEP 20 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 1230 PM EST * AT 1135 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WASHINGTON AT NOON EST PLAINVILLE AT 1215 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. OGREN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 7:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Sullivan, Vigo | 25 min |
| Sep 20, 11:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Knox | 32 min |
| Sep 20, 11:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 25 min |
| Sep 20, 12:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 46 min |
| Sep 20, 12:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene | 30 min |
| Sep 20, 12:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe, Owen | 36 min |
| Sep 20, 12:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan, Owen | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 1:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Morgan | 41 min |
| Sep 20, 1:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 37 min |
| Sep 20, 1:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion | 38 min |
| Sep 20, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 44 min |
| Sep 20, 1:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence | 37 min |
| Sep 20, 1:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 17 min |
| Sep 20, 2:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 54 min |
| Sep 20, 2:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 23 min |
| Sep 20, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 66 min |
| Sep 20, 2:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware | 46 min |
| Sep 20, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Rush | 28 min |
| Sep 20, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 42 min |
| Sep 20, 3:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 41 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.