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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
COThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 59 min |
| May 30, 7:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 60 min |
| May 30, 7:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 5 hr |
| May 30, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 58 min |
| May 30, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 48 min |
| May 30, 7:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 61 min |
| May 30, 7:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 39 min |
| May 30, 7:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 45 min |
| May 30, 8:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 41 min |
| May 30, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 64 min |
| May 30, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 47 min |
| May 30, 8:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 50 min |
| May 30, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 4 hr |
| May 30, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 51 min |
| May 30, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 31 min |
| May 30, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 28 min |
| May 30, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 49 min |
| May 30, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 34 min |
| May 30, 9:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 35 min |
| May 30, 9:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 29 min |
| May 30, 9:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 30, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jennings | 45 min |
| May 30, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.