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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana

April 19, 2002Fulton County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 9:34 PM EST for Fulton County, Indiana. It was in force for 56 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
Apr 19, 2002, 9:34 PM EST (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 10:30 PM EST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fulton County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIWX 200234
SVRFWA
INC049-200330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
933 PM EST FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 1030 PM EST

* AT 933 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF KEWANNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  KEWANNA
  FULTON
  ROCHESTER

THIS IS A DANGEROUS 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 4117 8646 4093 8647 4093 8618 4102 8619
          4102 8602 4118 8618

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 9:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski44 min
Apr 19, 9:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass67 min
Apr 19, 9:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami58 min
Apr 19, 10:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko52 min
Apr 19, 10:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWabash60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.