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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2004Clay County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 4:48 PM EST for Clay County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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, 4:48 PM EST (21:48 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 4:50 PM EST	HAIL 1	Center Point, 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 30, 11:50 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

680 
WFUS53 KIND 302148
TORIND
INC021-302230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 445 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CENTER
  POINT...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CENTER POINT AROUND 455 PM EST
  BRAZIL AROUND 500 PM EST
  HARMONY AROUND 505 PM EST
  CARBON AROUND 515 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 3952 8724 3934 8715 3937 8697 3960 8705
          3961 8714

$$

CO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 12:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene, Owen	52 min
May 30, 1:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain	48 min
May 30, 1:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe, Morgan	45 min
May 30, 1:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Owen	50 min
May 30, 1:30 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Greene	45 min
May 30, 1:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	57 min
May 30, 1:55 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Monroe	65 min
May 30, 2:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	63 min
May 30, 2:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Brown, Morgan	42 min
May 30, 2:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson	46 min
May 30, 3:19 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Shelby	56 min
May 30, 3:42 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Vigo	48 min
May 30, 3:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Vigo	36 min
May 30, 4:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Vigo	48 min
May 30, 5:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Putnam	39 min
May 30, 5:45 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam	45 min
May 30, 6:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Vermillion	63 min
May 30, 6:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Marion	62 min
May 30, 6:28 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	32 min
May 30, 6:42 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.