Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2004, 3:35 PM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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, 3:35 PM EST (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2004, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 032035 SVRIND INC133-032130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 335 PM EST SAT JUL 3 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 430 PM EST * AT 334 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 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENCASTLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GREENCASTLE AROUND 345 PM EST FILLMORE AROUND 350 PM EST BAINBRIDGE AROUND 400 PM EST RUSSELLVILLE AROUND 405 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. 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 3949 8702 3949 8676 3987 8671 3986 8701 $$ 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, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 25 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, 4 hours 15 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, 2 hours 32 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, 1 hour 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, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 60 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
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.