Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2002, 1:44 PM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
- May 25, 2002, 1:44 PM EST (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2002, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:52 PM EST | Hail 1 | Galveston, IN | |
| May 25, 1:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 M | Grissom Afb, IN | |
| May 25, 1:55 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Grissom Afb, IN | |
| May 25, 2:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Peru, IN | A HAM reported numerous trees and power lines down southeast of Peru. |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIWX 251844 SVRFWA INC017-103-251930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 143 PM EST SAT MAY 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN INDIANA SOUTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 230 PM EST * AT 143 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... ONWARD GRISSOM AFB BUNKER HILL MEXICO PERU AMBOY SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. 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 4071 8638 4057 8625 4060 8592 4089 8597
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wabash | 48 min |
| May 25, 2:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Huntington | 28 min |
| May 25, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wells | 28 min |
| May 25, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 53 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.