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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2004Johnson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2004, 7:47 PM EST for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 10, 2004, 7:47 PM EST (00:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2004, 8:15 PM EST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Johnson County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 10, 8:05 PM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 S Greenwood, IN	CITIZEN REPORTED TO STATE POLICE...LOCATION...US31 AND STOP 18

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
Jun 10, 5:55 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.3

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The text

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

042 
WFUS53 KIND 110047
TORIND
INC081-110115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 747 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BARGERSVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BARGERSVILLE AROUND 810 PM EST
  NEW WHITELAND AROUND 815 PM EST

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.

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 3964 8628 3942 8626 3942 8600 3960 8601

$$

HAINES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Morgan	45 min
Jun 10, 7:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Owen	25 min
Jun 10, 8:14 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Johnson, Shelby	46 min
Jun 10, 8:39 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Morgan	66 min
Jun 10, 9:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Vermillion, Warren	47 min
Jun 10, 10:21 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain	54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.