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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2003, 5:56 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 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
- May 1, 2003, 5:56 PM EST (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2003, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Delaware County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
709 WFUS53 KIND 012256 TORIND INC035-012315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 556 PM EST THU MAY 1 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUNCIE * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 551 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SELMA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... EATON AT 605 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM. GET UNDER STURDY FURNITURE OR USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. LAT...LON 4012 8547 4009 8525 4022 8520 4039 8534 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 44 min |
| May 1, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 51 min |
| May 1, 3:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 43 min |
| May 1, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 34 min |
| May 1, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 44 min |
| May 1, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 20 min |
| May 1, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 42 min |
| May 1, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 29 min |
| May 1, 5:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 40 min |
| May 1, 6:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 28 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.