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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 385

June 4, 200235 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 4, 2002, 9:00 PM EST for 35 counties in Indiana; 12 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2002, 9:00 PM EST (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2002, 2:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Adams County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Darke County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton44 min
Jun 4, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant46 min
Jun 4, 9:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion45 min

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2002-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1660 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 6 more6 hr
Jun 5, 1:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Brown, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette and 21 more5 hr
Jun 5, 2:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBelmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 7 more6 hr
Jun 5, 5:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Athens, Brown, Fairfield, Fayette, Gallia and 14 more4 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.