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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 23, 2004Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2004, 10:53 PM EST for Delaware County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 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, 10:53 PM EST (03:53 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2004, 11:30 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Delaware County, IN, Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 23, 11:19 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 65Farmland, INLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
May 23, 11:19 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 65Farmland, INLARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
May 23, 11:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGModoc, IN4 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
May 23, 11:20 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGModoc, IN4 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWN.
May 23, 11:25 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGFarmland, INPOWER LINES DOWN IN FAMLAND
May 23, 11:25 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGFarmland, INPOWER LINES DOWN IN FAMLAND

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 5:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 23, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 839 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

683 
WUUS53 KIND 240353
SVRIND
INC035-135-240430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1053 PM EST SUN MAY 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EST

* AT 1049 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM 20 MILES WEST OF PARKER CITY TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MODOC TO
  38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MODOC...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
  MILES EAST OF ANDERSON TO 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDERSON TO 12
  MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PARKER CITY AROUND 1110 PM EST
  FARMLAND AROUND 1115 PM EST
  WINCHESTER AROUND 1120 PM EST
  SARATOGA AROUND 1125 PM EST

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 4016 8542 4009 8542 4009 8520 3995 8509
          3955 8482 4026 8482

$$

OMITT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Rush, Shelby40 min
May 23, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion, Vigo37 min
May 23, 9:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo47 min
May 23, 9:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam40 min
May 23, 9:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks40 min
May 23, 10:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan38 min
May 23, 10:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion47 min
May 23, 10:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush43 min
May 23, 10:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby35 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.