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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 30, 2004Clinton County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 8:11 PM EST for Clinton County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 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, 8:11 PM EST (01:11 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clinton 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, 6:55 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

434 
WFUS53 KIND 310111
TORIND
INC023-310215-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FRANKFORT

* UNTIL 915 PM EST

* AT 805 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FRANKFORT AROUND 820 PM EST
  MICHIGANTOWN AROUND 830 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 4021 8671 4019 8626 4036 8626 4043 8646

$$

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, 7:32 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, 8:13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.