Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 2003, 5:42 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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 21, 2003, 5:42 PM EST (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2003, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1662 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 862 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 071001 TORIND INC027-101-212315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 541 PM EST MON JUL 21 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 538 PM EST...DEPUTY SHERRIFF REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON OR 22 NORTH OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LOOGOOTEE AT 600 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 3877 8716 3859 8711 3857 8683 3887 8685 $$ JEH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 3:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 3:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 4:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 4:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 4:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 4:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 4:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 4:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion, Morgan | 55 min |
| Jul 21, 5:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Johnson, Madison | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 5:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Monroe, Shelby | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 5:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry, Rush | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 5:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 5:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 5:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings, Lawrence | 55 min |
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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.