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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2004Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2004, 6:15 PM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 10, 2004, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2004, 6:45 PM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Putnam County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 3:45 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 10, 5:55 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

271 
WFUS53 KIND 102315
TORIND
INC133-102345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EST THU JUN 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 645 PM EST

* AT 615 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FILLMORE...
  OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3980 8697 3962 8695 3962 8675 3979 8677

$$

HAINES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 3:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion	48 min
Jun 10, 3:28 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion	47 min
Jun 10, 3:41 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion	34 min
Jun 10, 3:57 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke	33 min
Jun 10, 4:27 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke	48 min
Jun 10, 5:26 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Putnam	49 min
Jun 10, 6:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks	43 min
Jun 10, 6:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Morgan	27 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.