Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2003, 4:53 PM EST for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 5, 2003, 4:53 PM EST (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2003, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Boone County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 771 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
527 WFUS53 KIND 052153 TORIND INC011-052230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 453 PM EST SAT JUL 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 530 PM EST * AT 449 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ADVANCE... OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LEBANON AT 515 PM EST WHITESTOWN AT 530 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 4016 8670 3995 8671 3994 8627 4016 8626 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 11:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Howard, Madison, Randolph, Tipton | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll | 17 min |
| Jul 5, 3:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Delaware, Howard, Madison, Randolph and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:14 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Howard, Tippecanoe, Tipton | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 4:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 5:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Madison, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 6:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 24 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.