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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 8, 2003Boone County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2003, 7:12 PM EST for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 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 8, 2003, 7:12 PM EST (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2003, 7:30 PM EST
In force
18 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 6:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2003-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1152 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

860 
WFUS53 KIND 090012
TORIND
INC011-090030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
712 PM EST TUE JUL 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 730 PM EST

* AT 709 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WHITESTOWN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ZIONSVILLE AT 725 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 4006 8655 3993 8656 3993 8627 4007 8625

$$
JEH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone45 min
Jul 8, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay29 min
Jul 8, 7:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam32 min
Jul 8, 7:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Delaware, Hamilton, Madison4 hr
Jul 8, 7:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion40 min
Jul 8, 7:33 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMarion27 min
Jul 8, 7:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Madison51 min
Jul 8, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush41 min
Jul 9, 2:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHenry115 min
Jul 9, 3:04 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDRandolph116 min
Jul 9, 6:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDMadison3 hr
Jul 9, 12:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Warren5 hr
Jul 9, 2:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion36 min
Jul 9, 2:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke53 min
Jul 9, 3:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion119 min
Jul 9, 3:19 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClay, Parke, Vigo56 min
Jul 9, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen51 min
Jul 9, 3:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam55 min
Jul 9, 3:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDPutnam2 hr
Jul 9, 3:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan47 min
Jul 9, 4:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown, Johnson29 min
Jul 9, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew46 min
Jul 9, 5:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings47 min
Jul 9, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene29 min
Jul 9, 5:17 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJennings58 min
Jul 9, 5:57 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke3 min
Jul 9, 6:20 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe, Vermillion and 1 more3 hr

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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.