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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 6:28 PM EST for Hendricks County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. 5 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, 6:28 PM EST (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:31 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 W Mooresville, IN | SPOTTER REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN MOORESVILLE. |
| May 30, 6:31 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 W Mooresville, IN | |
| May 30, 6:32 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Se Plainfield, IN | SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO NEAR CAMBY ALONG HENDRICKS AND MARION COUNTY LINE. |
| May 30, 6:44 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Mooresville, IN | SPOTTER REPORTS LARGE LIVE TREE DOWN ACROSS STATE ROAD 267 ONE HALF MILE NORTH OF COUNTY LINE ROAD. POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH TORNADO REPORTS. |
| May 30, 6:45 PM EST | TORNADO | 12 Sw Indianapolis, IN | POWER FLASHES FROM TORNADO OBSERVED BY NWS STAFF JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS OFFICE. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 302328 TORIND INC063-109-310000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 628 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 624 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR MOORESVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY AROUND 640 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 3970 8646 3956 8642 3963 8626 3967 8633 $$
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, 4:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay | 42 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, 6:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 63 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.