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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 8:56 PM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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, 8:56 PM EST (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:15 PM EST | TORNADO | Gaston, IN | SPOTTER REPORTS TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN GASTON. |
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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
000
WFUS53 KIND 310156
TORIND
INC035-095-310230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
855 PM EST SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 930 PM EST
* AT 849 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR REPORTED A TORNADO SOUTH
OF ELWOOD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
SUMMITVILLE AROUND 900 PM EST
EATON AROUND 920 PM EST
ALBANY AROUND 925 PM EST
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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 4028 8522 4024 8552 4019 8585 4034 8586
4037 8574 4038 8559 4038 8522
$$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, 8:11 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, 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.