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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2004Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2004, 7:54 PM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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 30, 2004, 7:54 PM EST (00:54 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 8:45 PM EST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Knox County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 6:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -89 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

910 
WUUS53 KIND 310054
SVRIND
INC083-310145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
753 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINCENNES

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE
  FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. SIREN ACTIVATION IS SUGGESTED. 
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF VINCENNES...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DECKER AROUND 800 PM EST
  RUSSELLVILLE AROUND 805 PM EST
  BRUCEVILLE AROUND 810 PM EST
  BICKNELL AROUND 815 PM EST

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.

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 3879 8826 3866 8808 3839 8773 3855 8730
          3889 8723 3891 8745

$$

CO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe59 min
May 30, 7:10 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock, Marion50 min
May 30, 7:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDParke, Vermillion60 min
May 30, 7:29 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion5 hr
May 30, 7:32 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe58 min
May 30, 7:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo50 min
May 30, 7:42 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVigo48 min
May 30, 7:44 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone, Montgomery61 min
May 30, 7:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSullivan39 min
May 30, 7:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClay46 min
May 30, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHancock45 min
May 30, 8:04 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPutnam41 min
May 30, 8:11 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClinton64 min
May 30, 8:13 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMadison47 min
May 30, 8:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan50 min
May 30, 8:27 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene33 min
May 30, 8:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo4 hr
May 30, 8:39 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClay, Vigo51 min
May 30, 8:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin31 min
May 30, 8:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen28 min
May 30, 8:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Monroe49 min
May 30, 8:56 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison34 min
May 30, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown35 min
May 30, 9:21 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Putnam5 hr
May 30, 9:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph29 min
May 30, 9:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson38 min
May 30, 9:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jennings45 min
May 30, 10:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush42 min

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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.