Alert archive / Michigan / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2002, 1:32 AM EDT for Berrien County, Cass County, Saint Joseph County, Michigan. It was in force for 58 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 2, 2002, 1:32 AM EDT (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2002, 2:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:55 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Edwardsburg, MI | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down northeast of Edwardsburg. |
| Aug 2, 2:00 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Galien, MI | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Galien. |
| Aug 2, 2:05 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Three Rivers, MI | Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Three Rivers. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 10:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 1550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
239 WUUS53 KIWX 020532 SVRFWA MIC021-027-149-020630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 130 AM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BERRIEN COUNTY IN MICHIGAN CASS COUNTY IN MICHIGAN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY IN MICHIGAN * UNTIL 230 AM EDT * AT 130 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENDON TO STEVENSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... NILES CASSOPOLIS CENTREVILLE STURGIS EDWARDSBURG BUCHANAN SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW 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 4207 8535 4205 8667 4176 8654 4178 8532
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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.