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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 163

April 28, 200256 counties in Indiana; 13 counties in Kentucky

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Apr 28, 2002, 12:00 AM EST for 56 counties in Indiana; 13 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2002, 12:00 AM EST (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2002, 5:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 69 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Warren County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boone County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 12:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke, Vermillion, Vigo26 min
Apr 28, 12:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Putnam45 min
Apr 28, 12:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan39 min
Apr 28, 12:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Johnson, Marion42 min
Apr 28, 1:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin3 hr
Apr 28, 1:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Jackson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin118 min
Apr 28, 2:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington34 min
Apr 28, 2:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry36 min
Apr 28, 3:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson, Oldham42 min
Apr 28, 4:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSpencer19 min
Apr 28, 4:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Washington34 min
Apr 28, 4:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWoodford20 min

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 536 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
536 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
739 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 10:00 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCGibson, Knox, Posey, Vanderburgh5 hr
Apr 28, 10:45 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCOhio, Switzerland5 hr
Apr 28, 2:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle and 32 more5 hr
Apr 28, 5:15 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey and 26 more4 hr
Apr 28, 11:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 76 more5 hr
Apr 28, 12:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCHarlan, Letcher, Martin, Pike4 hr
Apr 28, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFloyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike4 hr
Apr 28, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFloyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike4 hr

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.