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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 9, 2003Greene County, Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2003, 10:18 PM EST for Greene County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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 9, 2003, 10:18 PM EST (03:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2003, 10:45 PM EST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, IN, Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:20 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 3530 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 9.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 100318
TORIND
INC055-105-100345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1018 PM EST WED JUL 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON
  NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 1045 PM EST

* AT 1017 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF ELLETTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF
  BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELLETTSVILLE AT 1025 PM EST
  BLOOMINGTON AT 1040 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 3901 8674 3905 8685 3917 8684 3917 8670
          3931 8670 3931 8640 3898 8636 3899 8661

$$

ZIMMERMAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay	38 min
Jul 9, 8:47 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Morgan	43 min
Jul 9, 11:40 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Jennings	2 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.