Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 5:50 PM EST for Lawrence County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2004, 5:50 PM EST (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:52 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 8 Sw Bloomington, IN | NEAR STANDFORD |
| May 27, 5:52 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 8 Sw Bloomington, IN | NEAR STANDFORD |
| May 27, 6:08 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 10 N Bedford, IN | |
| May 27, 6:08 PM EST | HAIL 0.75 | 10 N Bedford, IN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 27, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 272250
TORIND
INC093-105-272315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
550 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 615 PM EST
* AT 550 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY AROUND 600 PM EST
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY AROUND 610 PM EST
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3909 8672 3891 8670 3890 8628 3899 8633
3908 8639
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 33 min |
| May 27, 4:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 27, 4:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 38 min |
| May 27, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton | 40 min |
| May 27, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 40 min |
| May 27, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 43 min |
| May 27, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 38 min |
| May 27, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 65 min |
| May 27, 6:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 117 min |
| May 27, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 27 min |
| May 27, 6:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 29 min |
| May 27, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 54 min |
| May 27, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 56 min |
| May 27, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 25 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.