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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2004, 9:51 AM EST for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 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 12, 2004, 9:51 AM EST (14:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 10:30 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1479 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WFUS53 KIND 121451 TORIND INC093-121530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 951 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BEDFORD * UNTIL 1030 AM EST * AT 950 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MITCHELL... OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY AROUND 1010 AM 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. LAT...LON 3889 8669 3868 8670 3867 8631 3889 8631 $$ SALLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Carroll, Clinton | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 7:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 42 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.