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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 6:42 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 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
- May 30, 2004, 6:42 PM EST (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Parke County, IN
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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 302342 TORIND INC121-310045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 642 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 745 PM EST * AT 633 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MECCA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MARSHALL AROUND 650 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 3965 8738 3964 8707 3993 8712 3995 8737 $$ SALLY
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, 6:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.