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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2004Monroe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 1:55 PM EST for Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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 30, 2004, 1:55 PM EST (18:55 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 3:00 PM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 2:09 PM ESTTORNADO2 Se Ellettsville, INSPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO JUST SOUTHEAST OF ELLETTSVILLE.
May 30, 2:30 PM ESTFUNNEL CLOUD7 N Bloomington, INTREES DOWN 5-8 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMINGTON. REPORTED BY SPOTTER.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 11:50 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1629 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

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

716 
WFUS53 KIND 301855
TORIND
INC105-302000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
155 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

* UNTIL 300 PM EST

* AT 152 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  ELLETTSVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELLETTSVILLE AROUND 210 PM EST
  STINESVILLE AROUND 215 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3933 8669 3913 8669 3917 8639 3933 8640

$$

CO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 12:38 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Owen52 min
May 30, 1:12 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFountain48 min
May 30, 1:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMonroe, Morgan45 min
May 30, 1:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDOwen50 min
May 30, 1:30 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene45 min
May 30, 1:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe57 min
May 30, 2:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll63 min
May 30, 2:33 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBrown, Morgan42 min
May 30, 2:59 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson46 min
May 30, 3:19 PM ESTTornado WarningINDShelby56 min
May 30, 3:42 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVigo48 min
May 30, 3:54 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVigo36 min
May 30, 4:27 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVigo48 min
May 30, 4:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDClay42 min
May 30, 5:06 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPutnam39 min
May 30, 5:45 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam45 min
May 30, 6:12 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVermillion63 min
May 30, 6:13 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMarion62 min
May 30, 6:28 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Morgan32 min
May 30, 6:42 PM ESTTornado WarningINDParke63 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.