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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 23, 2004Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2004, 1:27 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2004, 1:27 PM EST (18:27 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2004, 2:00 PM EST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 23, 1:35 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	1 E Montezuma, IN
May 23, 1:35 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	1 E Montezuma, IN
May 23, 1:35 PM EST	HAIL 0.75	1 E Montezuma, IN
May 23, 1:37 PM EST	HAIL 1	3 W Rockville, IN	HAIL OCCURRED IN COLOMA
May 23, 1:37 PM EST	HAIL 1	3 W Rockville, IN	HAIL OCCURRED IN COLOMA
May 23, 1:37 PM EST	HAIL 1	3 W Rockville, IN	HAIL OCCURRED IN COLOMA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 10:45 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 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 
WUUS53 KIND 231827
SVRIND
INC121-165-231900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
127 PM EST SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 200 PM EST

* AT 127 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNIVERSAL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  UNIVERSAL AROUND 135 PM EST
  FAIRVIEW PARK AROUND 145 PM EST
  MECCA AROUND 155 PM EST
  MONTEZUMA AROUND 200 PM EST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3960 8769 3962 8730 3972 8716 3988 8736

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 1:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vigo	34 min
May 23, 1:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery, Parke	32 min
May 23, 1:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	33 min
May 23, 2:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	36 min
May 23, 5:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke	25 min
May 23, 5:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	38 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.