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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 10, 2004Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2004, 9:58 PM EST for Vermillion County, Warren County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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, 9:58 PM EST (02:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2004, 10:45 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Vermillion County, IN, Warren County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:58 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 5:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 10, 9:50 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
10.7

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The text

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

862 
WFUS53 KIND 110258
TORIND
INC165-171-110345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1045 PM EST

* AT 948 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF STATE LINE CITY...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  DANVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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 300 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHERN INDIANA. 

LAT...LON 4021 8760 4004 8758 3993 8745 4036 8744

$$

JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMorgan45 min
Jun 10, 7:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen25 min
Jun 10, 7:47 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson28 min
Jun 10, 8:14 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJohnson, Shelby46 min
Jun 10, 8:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan66 min
Jun 10, 10:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain54 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.