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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 7:10 PM EST for Hancock County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min. 7 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, 7:10 PM EST (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hancock County, IN, Marion County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:10 PM EST | TORNADO | 5 Sse Indianapolis, IN | TORNADO REPORTED BY STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT THOMPSON AND HARDING ROADS WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. |
| May 30, 7:21 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Se Indianapolis, IN | INDIANAPOLIS POLICE REPORT TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND HEAVY DAMAGE IN THE AREA OF INTERSTATE 65 AND KEYSTONE AVENUE. |
| May 30, 7:29 PM EST | TORNADO | Indianapolis, IN | TORNADO AT EMERSON AND PROSPECT ROADS ON THE SOUTH SIDE AT INDIANAPOLIS. |
| May 30, 7:34 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 E Indianapolis, IN | STATE POLICE REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT BROOKVILLE AND KENTLEY ROADS. |
| May 30, 7:34 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Se Indianapolis, IN | TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT SOUTHPORT AND MCFARLAND ROADS. |
| May 30, 7:40 PM EST | TORNADO | 5 E Indianapolis, IN | STATE POLICE REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTH OF WASHINGTON STREET AND INTERSTATE 465 NEAR WASHINGTON SQUARE. |
| May 30, 7:46 PM EST | TORNADO | 7 E Indianapolis, IN | SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT INTERSTATE 70 AND GERMAN CHURCH ROAD. |
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, 6:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
865
WFUS53 KIND 310010
TORIND
INC059-097-310100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
710 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 705 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO NEAR HOMECROFT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
WARREN PARK AROUND 720 PM EST
CUMBERLAND AROUND 735 PM EST
NEW PALESTINE AROUND 745 PM EST
SPRING LAKE AROUND 750 PM EST
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
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 3970 8597 3965 8597 3964 8620 3979 8622
3979 8606 3981 8594 3981 8580 3970 8578
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 59 min |
| May 30, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 60 min |
| May 30, 7:29 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 5 hr |
| May 30, 7:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 58 min |
| May 30, 7:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 48 min |
| May 30, 7:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 61 min |
| May 30, 7:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 39 min |
| May 30, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 51 min |
| May 30, 7:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock | 45 min |
| May 30, 8:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 41 min |
| May 30, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clinton | 64 min |
| May 30, 8:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 47 min |
| May 30, 8:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan | 50 min |
| May 30, 8:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:36 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 4 hr |
| May 30, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 51 min |
| May 30, 8:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 31 min |
| May 30, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 28 min |
| May 30, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 49 min |
| May 30, 8:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 34 min |
| May 30, 9:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 35 min |
| May 30, 9:21 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Putnam | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 29 min |
| May 30, 9:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 30, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jennings | 45 min |
| May 30, 10:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 42 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.