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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 3:27 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 4 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 27, 2004, 3:27 PM EST (20:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:03 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lynn, IN | SEVERAL TREES AND POLES DOWN |
| May 27, 4:03 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Lynn, IN | SEVERAL TREES AND POLES DOWN |
| May 27, 4:03 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Lynn, IN | |
| May 27, 4:03 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Lynn, IN |
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 27, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KIND 272027 TORIND INC135-272115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 327 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 415 PM EST * AT 323 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MODOC...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LYNN AROUND 345 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. LAT...LON 4019 8520 4003 8520 4004 8484 4015 8483 $$ CO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 33 min |
| May 27, 4:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 27, 4:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 32 min |
| May 27, 5:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 35 min |
| May 27, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 38 min |
| May 27, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 51 min |
| May 27, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 45 min |
| May 27, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton | 40 min |
| May 27, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 43 min |
| May 27, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 40 min |
| May 27, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 46 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Sullivan | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 24 min |
| May 27, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 43 min |
| May 27, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 38 min |
| May 27, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 25 min |
| May 27, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 65 min |
| May 27, 6:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 117 min |
| May 27, 6:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 27 min |
| May 27, 6:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe | 29 min |
| May 27, 6:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 45 min |
| May 27, 6:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe and 1 more | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 54 min |
| May 27, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 56 min |
| May 27, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.