Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2002, 7:15 PM EDT for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2002, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2002, 8:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Allen County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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
- 2117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIWX 042315 SVRFWA OHC003-050010- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 712 PM EDT TUE JUN 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALLEN COUNTY IN OHIO * UNTIL 810 PM EDT * AT 707 PM EDT...AMATEUR RADIO WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MLES NORTHWEST OF OHIO CITY. THE SEVERE STOMR WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... SPENCERVILLE... ELIDA... FORT SHAWNEE... LIMA... WESTMINSTER... SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE STORM SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4086 8434 4070 8440 4050 8356 4076 8348
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.