Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 60, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:50 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 7:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson | 28 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.