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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2003, 8:15 PM EST for Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Aug 31, 2003, 8:15 PM EST (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2003, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sullivan County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 5:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 010115 TORIND INC153-167-010200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 814 PM EST SUN AUG 31 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHERN VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 900 PM EST * AT 805 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RILEY AT 840 PM EST IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3935 8769 3918 8766 3932 8730 3946 8730 $$ JK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion, Putnam | 114 min |
| Sep 1, 6:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 115 min |
| Sep 1, 12:07 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Madison, Marion | 113 min |
| Sep 1, 1:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 1:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 2:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 2 hr |
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.