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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 27, 2004Greene County, Sullivan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2004, 4:34 PM EST for Greene County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min. 16 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 27, 2004, 4:34 PM EST (21:34 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2004, 5:15 PM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, IN, Sullivan County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 5:13 PM ESTHAIL 1Linton, IN
May 27, 5:13 PM ESTHAIL 1Linton, IN
May 27, 5:14 PM ESTHAIL 1Linton, IN
May 27, 5:14 PM ESTHAIL 1Linton, IN
May 27, 5:15 PM ESTHAIL 1.75Linton, IN
May 27, 5:15 PM ESTHAIL 1.75Linton, IN
May 27, 5:17 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Linton, IN
May 27, 5:17 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Linton, IN
May 27, 5:18 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Lyons, IN
May 27, 5:18 PM ESTHAIL 0.75Lyons, IN
May 27, 5:20 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 45Lyons, IN
May 27, 5:20 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 45Lyons, IN
May 27, 5:20 PM ESTTORNADOLyons, IN
May 27, 5:20 PM ESTTORNADOLyons, IN
May 27, 5:25 PM ESTTORNADOLyons, IN
May 27, 5:25 PM ESTTORNADOLyons, IN

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 27, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 577 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KIND 272134
SVRIND
INC055-153-272215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
433 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 515 PM EST

* AT 429 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DUGGER...OR ABOUT
  26 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DUGGER AROUND 440 PM EST
  LINTON AROUND 450 PM EST
  LYONS AROUND 500 PM EST
  SWITZ CITY AROUND 505 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 3908 8743 3891 8736 3899 8686 3916 8695

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 3:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan33 min
May 27, 4:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Monroe29 min
May 27, 4:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin46 min
May 27, 4:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson38 min
May 27, 4:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence32 min
May 27, 5:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings37 min
May 27, 5:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson32 min
May 27, 2:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware35 min
May 27, 2:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph38 min
May 27, 2:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward51 min
May 27, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware51 min
May 27, 3:27 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRandolph48 min
May 27, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton45 min
May 27, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton40 min
May 27, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison41 min
May 27, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware45 min
May 27, 4:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton43 min
May 27, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Henry40 min
May 27, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTipton31 min
May 27, 4:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph46 min
May 27, 4:36 PM ESTTornado WarningINDRandolph24 min
May 27, 4:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Knox37 min
May 27, 4:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison43 min
May 27, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph45 min
May 27, 5:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware35 min
May 27, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene45 min
May 27, 5:22 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene38 min
May 27, 5:50 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence, Monroe25 min
May 27, 5:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton65 min
May 27, 6:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDelaware, Randolph117 min
May 27, 6:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan27 min
May 27, 6:16 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson, Lawrence, Monroe29 min
May 27, 6:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox34 min
May 27, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison45 min
May 27, 6:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more3 hr
May 27, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Randolph54 min
May 27, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby56 min
May 27, 6:50 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMartin25 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.