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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 13, 2004Hendricks County, Morgan County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2004, 5:16 PM EST for Hendricks County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 13, 2004, 5:16 PM EST (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2004, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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
Jul 13, 3:30 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KIND 132216
TORIND
INC063-109-132300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EST TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 507 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR AMO...OR
  ABOUT 27 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LAKE HART AROUND 535 PM EST
  BROOKLYN AROUND 540 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3978 8663 3963 8668 3948 8628 3961 8631

$$

KOCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 3:33 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	57 min
Jul 13, 4:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke	49 min
Jul 13, 4:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Vigo	31 min
Jul 13, 4:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Putnam	46 min
Jul 13, 4:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Greene, Owen, Sullivan	64 min
Jul 13, 5:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hendricks, Morgan	60 min
Jul 13, 5:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Brown, Monroe	57 min
Jul 13, 5:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Johnson	60 min
Jul 13, 5:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson, Lawrence, Martin	63 min
Jul 13, 5:48 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	42 min
Jul 13, 5:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Bartholomew	54 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.