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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 30, 2004Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 2004, 6:58 PM EST for Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 62 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 30, 2004, 6:58 PM EST (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2004, 8:00 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2004-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
940 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS51 KILN 302358
TORILN
INC137-310100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
657 PM EST FRI JUL 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RIPLEY COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 653 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM  
  WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSGOOD..AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VERSAILLES...
  OSGOOD...
  HOLTON...
  DABNEY...

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 AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3907 8570 3891 8562 3909 8499 3934 8511

$$

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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.