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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 7:32 PM EST for Carroll County, Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 58 min. 3 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, 7:32 PM EST (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:35 PM EST | TORNADO | Dayton, IN | STATE POLICE REPORTS TORNADO NEAR DAYTON. |
| May 30, 7:50 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 Ne Dayton, IN | HOMES DESTORYED IN DAYTON AND BUCKCREEK AREAS. TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST FROM DAYTON. |
| May 30, 7:51 PM EST | TORNADO | Mulberry, IN | COUNTY EMA REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN MULBERRY MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARDS ROSSVILLE. |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
385 WFUS53 KIND 310032 TORIND INC015-023-157-310130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 733 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE * UNTIL 830 PM EST * AT 730 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DAYTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MULBERRY AROUND 740 PM EST ROSSVILLE AROUND 755 PM EST DELPHI AROUND 805 PM EST FLORA AROUND 815 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 4037 8695 4024 8678 4051 8639 4066 8657 $$ SALLY
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, 7:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 50 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, 7:40 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.