Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Watches in 2003
Tornado Watch 932
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Sep 26, 2003, 8:20 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 2003, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2003, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 100 counties
Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Allen County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Marion County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 1:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 2 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 780 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS20 KWNS 270121 SEL2 SPC WW 270120 ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-LEZ000-270700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 932 CORR 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 820 PM EST FRI SEP 26 2003 CORRECTED FOR TIME ZONE THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN KENTUCKY WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO LAKE ERIE EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 820 PM UNTIL 200 AM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS OHIO. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 930. WATCH NUMBER 930 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 820 PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 931...WW 932... DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED STORMS AHEAD OF LINE...CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF EASTERN IL/CENTRAL IND/NORTHWEST OH. LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL STRENGTHEN DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SUGGESTING THAT POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL PERSIST. OTHERWISE...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH BOW/LEWP STRUCTURES ALONG THE SQUALL LINE. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035. ...HART 392,0880 412,0823 392,0823 372,0880 WWUS20 KWNS 270121 SEL2 SPC WW 270120 ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-OHZ000-LEZ000-270700- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 932 CORR 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 820 PM EST FRI SEP 26 2003 CORRECTED FOR TIME ZONE THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHERN KENTUCKY WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO LAKE ERIE EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM 820 PM UNTIL 200 AM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS OHIO. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 930. WATCH NUMBER 930 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 820 PM EST. CONTINUE...WW 931...WW 932... DISCUSSION...LINE OF SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS...AS WELL AS ISOLATED STORMS AHEAD OF LINE...CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF EASTERN IL/CENTRAL IND/NORTHWEST OH. LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES WILL STRENGTHEN DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS...SUGGESTING THAT POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL PERSIST. OTHERWISE...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH BOW/LEWP STRUCTURES ALONG THE SQUALL LINE. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26035. ...HART 392,0880 412,0823 392,0823 372,0880
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lawrence, Wabash | 94 min |
| Sep 26, 9:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 12 more | 54 min |
| Sep 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Lawrence | 84 min |
| Sep 26, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Calloway, Casey and 21 more | 93 min |
| Sep 27, 2:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell and 36 more | 113 min |
| Sep 27, 4:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bath, Bourbon, Carter, Clark, Elliott, Estill and 18 more | 60 min |
| Sep 27, 10:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher | 108 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.