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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 1, 2003Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2003, 6:02 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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, 6:02 PM EST (23:02 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2003, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KIND 012302
TORIND
INC135-012330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
603 PM EST THU MAY 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 601 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO OVER PARKER CITY...OR
  ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RIDGEVILLE AT 615 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 4015 8523 4006 8519 4049 8487 4059 8514

$$

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, 5:56 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware	19 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.