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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 27, 2004Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2004, 5:55 PM EST for Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 65 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: May 27, 2004, 5:55 PM EST (22:55 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2004, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Howard County, IN, Tipton County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 27, 1:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

950 
WUUS53 KIND 272255
SVRIND
INC067-159-280000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 700 PM EST

* AT 555 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
  WEST OF INDIAN HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIAN HEIGHTS AROUND 600 PM EST
  SHARPSVILLE AROUND 605 PM EST
  WINDFALL AROUND 615 PM EST

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. 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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4042 8628 4039 8622 4035 8622 4031 8591
          4044 8592

$$

OMITT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 27, 12:35 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:35 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1235 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

.DISCUSSION...FCST FOCUS ON SEVERE AND FLOOD THREAT LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. WILL FOCUS ON SHORT TERM DUE TO SEVERE THREAT AND WILL USE
SATELLITE/SURFACE TRENDS. SHORTWAVE NOW MOVING INTO UPPER MIDWEST IS
PROVIDING LIFT ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THAT IS NOW MAKING A MOVE
SE INTO THE REGION. MEANWHILE, SECONDARY SFC LOW IS FORMING ALONG
COLD FRONT ACROSS MO. FOR THIS EVENING...EXPECT INSTABILITY TO
INCREASE WITH HEATING OF THE DAY. LIMITED CAPPING ALONG WITH FORCING
WILL LEAD TO THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 3 PM. 40-50KTS OF 0-6KM SHEAR ALONG
WITH 1500-2500 J/KG OF CAPE WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD SVR WITH
SUPERCELLS LIKELY INITIALLY. TORNADO THREAT LIMITED BUT WILL EXIST
GIVEN REMNANT SFC BOUNDARIES AND INCREASING 0-3KM CAPE OF
75-125J/KG...APPROACH OF SECONDARY SFC LOW COULD ENHANCE TORNADO
POTENTIAL IF BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS BACK AHEAD OF THIS LOW.

FLOOD THREAT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
WHERE 24 HR RAINS OF 1-2.5 INCHES WHERE COMMON. WILL INCLUDE THE
SOUTHERN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES. MORNING PRECIPITABLE WATER CHART
SHOWED WIDESPREAD 1.5 INCH/150+% OF NORMAL MOVING UP AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. UPPER JET STREAK SHOULD TRANSLATE OVERHEAD TONIGHT WHICH
SHOULD PLACE THE STRONGEST UPPER DIV TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA. 850MB
PROGS ALSO SUGGEST STRONGEST WINDS SHIFTING SE SO WILL TAPER PRECIP
CHCS OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVERNIGHT.

OTHERWISE, AFTER TONIGHT...QUIET WEATHER UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT AS
UPPER RIDGE MOVES EAST AND WAA TRIGGERS ADDITIONAL STORMS. BEST
GUESS IS LATE SAT NIGHT BUT MORE LIKELY ON SUNDAY. WARM FRONT
APPEARS TO MOVE THROUGH SUN WITH COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST BY EVENING. TIMING IS AN ISSUE SO WILL ONLY CARRY 40 POPS AT
THE MOMENT BUT THUNDERSTORM/PRECIP THREAT WILL EXIST SUNDAY. NO
OTHER CHANGES.

&&

.IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH SOUTHERN TWO TIERS OF
COUNTIES TONIGHT.

&&

CO

Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 5:49 AM EST, 12 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
549 AM EST THU MAY 27 2004

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-062>065-281100-
BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DECATUR-DELAWARE-
FOUNTAIN-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-HENRY-HOWARD-JOHNSON-MADISON-
MARION-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM-RANDOLPH-RUSH-
SHELBY-TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN-
549 AM EST THU MAY 27 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD
DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE
STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

INZ060-061-067>072-281100-
DAVIESS-GREENE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-SULLIVAN-
549 AM EST THU MAY 27 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LARGE
HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TORNADOES COULD DEVELOP.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE
STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 5:02 PM EST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
502 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0446 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S MUNCIE              40.13N 85.39W
05/27/2004                   DELAWARE           IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HOUSE LOST ROOF IN COWAN.

0500 PM     HAIL             5 S SULLIVAN            39.02N 87.41W
05/27/2004  1.00 INCH        SULLIVAN           IN   AIRPLANE PILOT

&&

INDY

Local storm report, May 27, 5:10 PM EST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
510 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0506 PM     FLOOD            SULLIVAN                39.10N 87.41W
05/27/2004                   SULLIVAN           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

            WATER FLOWING OVER SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS.

&&

INDY

Local storm report, May 27, 5:12 PM EST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
512 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             5 S SULLIVAN            39.02N 87.41W
05/27/2004  1.00 INCH        SULLIVAN           IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

JEH

Local storm report, May 27, 5:15 PM EST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0514 PM     HAIL             LINTON                  39.04N 87.16W
05/27/2004  1.00 INCH        GREENE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

INDY

Local storm report, May 27, 5:18 PM EST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
518 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0511 PM     FLOOD            LYNN                    40.05N 84.94W
05/27/2004                   RANDOLPH           IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED ACROSS SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.

&&

INDY

Local storm report, May 27, 5:24 PM EST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
524 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0513 PM     HAIL             LINTON                  39.04N 87.16W
05/27/2004  1.00 INCH        GREENE             IN   PUBLIC

0517 PM     HAIL             LINTON                  39.04N 87.16W
05/27/2004  0.75 INCH        GREENE             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0518 PM     HAIL             LYONS                   38.99N 87.08W
05/27/2004  0.75 INCH        GREENE             IN   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

INDY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 3:12 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	33 min
May 27, 4:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Monroe	29 min
May 27, 4:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Martin	46 min
May 27, 4:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	38 min
May 27, 4:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence	32 min
May 27, 5:08 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jennings	37 min
May 27, 5:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	32 min
May 27, 2:40 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	35 min
May 27, 2:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	38 min
May 27, 2:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard	51 min
May 27, 3:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	51 min
May 27, 3:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Randolph	48 min
May 27, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hamilton	45 min
May 27, 3:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton	40 min
May 27, 3:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	41 min
May 27, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	45 min
May 27, 4:02 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clinton	43 min
May 27, 4:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Delaware, Henry	40 min
May 27, 4:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tipton	31 min
May 27, 4:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	46 min
May 27, 4:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Sullivan	41 min
May 27, 4:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Randolph	24 min
May 27, 4:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	37 min
May 27, 4:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	43 min
May 27, 5:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	45 min
May 27, 5:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware	35 min
May 27, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene	45 min
May 27, 5:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene	38 min
May 27, 5:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Lawrence, Monroe	25 min
May 27, 6:03 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	117 min
May 27, 6:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan	27 min
May 27, 6:16 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe	29 min
May 27, 6:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox	34 min
May 27, 6:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	45 min
May 27, 6:32 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more	3 hr
May 27, 6:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Randolph	54 min
May 27, 6:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Shelby	56 min
May 27, 6:50 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Martin	25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.