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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2004, 10:15 AM EST for Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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, 10:15 AM EST (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 10:45 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 836 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
526 WFUS53 KIND 121515 TORIND INC071-121545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1015 AM EST SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SEYMOUR * UNTIL 1045 AM EST * AT 1015 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MEDORA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MEDORA AROUND 1025 AM EST BROWNSTOWN AROUND 1040 AM EST SEYMOUR AROUND 1045 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 3901 8627 3875 8628 3875 8581 3901 8583 $$ 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, 9:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 39 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 |
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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.