Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2004Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2004, 9:31 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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, 9:31 PM EST (02:31 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 10:00 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Randolph County, IN

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2004-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 778 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 2004-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 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
778 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
9.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

651 
WUUS53 KIND 310231
SVRIND
INC135-310300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM EST

* AT 924 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIDGEVILLE TO FARMLAND TO
  MODOC...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE
  TO 12 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RIDGEVILLE AROUND 940 PM EST
  WINCHESTER AROUND 945 PM EST
  SARATOGA AROUND 950 PM EST
  UNION CITY AROUND 1000 PM EST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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.

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 4047 8522 3999 8515 4000 8443 4048 8450

$$

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, 7:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox51 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, 9:37 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2004Every 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.