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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2003, 6:07 PM EST for Fountain County, Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2003, 6:07 PM EST (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2003, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Fountain County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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.
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 14, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
675 WFUS53 KIND 142307 TORIND INC045-107-157-142330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 606 PM EST WED MAY 14 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHWESTERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 630 PM EST * AT 604 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NEWTOWN... OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WINGATE AT 615 PM EST NEW RICHMOND AT 625 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 4027 8729 4013 8729 4015 8692 4030 8694 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 24 min |
| May 14, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 14, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 43 min |
| May 14, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 32 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.