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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2004Fountain County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2004, 10:21 PM EST for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 10, 2004, 10:21 PM EST (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2004, 11:15 PM EST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fountain County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 9:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2004-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
10.7

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The text

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

871 
WUUS53 KIND 110321
SVRIND
INC045-110415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1021 PM EST THU JUN 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 1013 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VEEDERSBURG...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES EAST OF DANVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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.

LAT...LON 4027 8734 4009 8734 4004 8714 4026 8714

$$

JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan45 min
Jun 10, 7:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen25 min
Jun 10, 7:47 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson28 min
Jun 10, 8:14 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Shelby46 min
Jun 10, 8:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan66 min
Jun 10, 9:58 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVermillion, Warren47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.