Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 72, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 4:09 PM EST for Bartholomew County, Jackson County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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
- Nov 24, 2004, 4:09 PM EST (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2004, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KIND 242109
TORIND
INC005-071-242200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
409 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
* UNTIL 500 PM EST
* AT 404 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF
JONESVILLE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF SEYMOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
JONESVILLE AROUND 420 PM EST
COLUMBUS AROUND 425 PM EST
ELIZABETHTOWN AROUND 430 PM EST
CLIFFORD AROUND 435 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 700 PM EST WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3904 8626 3904 8610 3917 8610 3923 8602
3933 8587 3934 8571 3917 8571 3913 8580
3905 8589 3890 8614 3902 8629
$$
OGRENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 5:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 27 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.