Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2004, 2:52 PM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 3, 2004, 2:52 PM EST (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2004, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 12:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KIND 031952 SVRIND INC027-101-032045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 251 PM EST SAT JUL 3 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 345 PM EST * AT 248 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CANNELBURG AROUND 300 PM EST SHOALS AROUND 305 PM EST ODON AROUND 320 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. LAT...LON 3858 8717 3856 8682 3889 8675 3889 8707 $$ CO
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 Jul 3, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 110 PM EST SAT JULY 3 2004 .DISCUSSION...ABBREVIATED DISCO DUE TO SVR WX. ALL IN ALL VIGOROUS UPPER SYSTEM WILL DRAG LINE OF TSTRMS ACROSS THE THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT. WILL KEEP HIGH POPS GIVEN SETUP ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN WORDING DUE TO PRECIPITABLE WATERS AND WARM CLD DEPTH. SOME SMALL POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON GIVEN EXPECTED INSTABILITY BY LATE DAY. WILL KEEP SMALL CHCS IN THE FORECAST BUT ASIDE FROM WEAK SIGNAL OF COMPLEX ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN IN LITTLE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS SHOULD KEEP THE THREAT SMALL. SFC BOUNDARY ALONG WITH INCREASING SHEAR PARAMETERS/WESTERLIES WILL KEEP THE THREAT FOR STORMS IN THE FORECAST MON INTO TUESDAY. GREATEST CHCS STILL APPEAR TUES TOWARD WEDS AS THE SFC COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. ALL IN ALL LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...TORNADO WATCH 540 FOR ALL BUT HENRY, DELAWARE, AND RANDOLPH UNTIL 7 PM EST. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 11:20 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 AM EST SAT JUL 3 2004 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-041100- BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DAVIESS-DECATUR- DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-GREENE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-HENRY-HOWARD- JACKSON-JENNINGS-JOHNSON-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MADISON-MARION-MARTIN-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM-RANDOLPH-RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN- TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN- 1120 AM EST SAT JUL 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER TODAY ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL DIME SIZE HAIL. LATEST INDICATIONS ALSO SUGGEST THAT THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 3 PM AND MAINLY WEST OF A KOKOMO TO COLUMBUS LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL IF AND WHEN SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TIME FRAME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 3 PM TODAY...WEST OF A KOKOMO TO COLUMBUS LINE. && MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND CO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:03 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 103 PM EST SAT JUL 3 2004 INZ021-028>031-035>040-043>048-051>057-060>065-067>072-040000- CARROLL-HOWARD-TIPPECANOE-WARREN-CLINTON-TIPTON-MADISON-FOUNTAIN- HAMILTON-MONTGOMERY-BOONE-VERMILLION-PARKE-HANCOCK-MARION-HENDRICKS- PUTNAM-RUSH-SHELBY-JOHNSON-MORGAN-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-DECATUR-BARTHOLOMEW- BROWN-MONROE-SULLIVAN-JENNINGS-GREENE-JACKSON-LAWRENCE-KNOX-MARTIN- DAVIESS- 103 PM EST SAT JUL 3 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH #540 REMAINS IN EFFECT... TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM.
Local storm report, Jul 3, 2:35 PM EST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
235 PM EST SAT JUL 03 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSW TERRE HAUTE 39.42N 87.41W
07/03/2004 VIGO IN COUNTY OFFICIAL
COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORT SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 63
NORTHEAST OF PRARIETON.
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NIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 41 min |
| Jul 3, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 3:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 5:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 54 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.