Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2004, 6:13 PM EST for Miami County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 62 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2004, 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2004, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Miami County, IN, Wabash County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 6:24 PM EST | TORNADO 0 | Amboy, IN | TORNADO SKIPPED...NOT ON GROUND ALL THE TIME. SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS OVER MAINLY OPEN FIELDS. SOME TREE AND TREE LIMB DAMAGE. TRACK LENGTH 1 MILE. WIDTH 50 YARDS. |
| Apr 20, 6:24 PM EST | TORNADO | Amboy, IN | |
| Apr 20, 6:53 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 S Wabash, IN | TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF SOMERSET NEAR MISSISSINEWA LAKE. |
| Apr 20, 6:53 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 S Wabash, IN | TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF SOMERSET NEAR MISSISSINEWA LAKE. |
| Apr 20, 7:05 PM EST | TORNADO 1 | 3 Ne La Fontaine, IN | TORNADO OBSERVED TOUCHING DOWN IN FIELD 1 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLNVILLE...NEAR STATE ROUTE 124. TWO HOMES WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. ONE BARN DESTROYED. TORNADO SKIPPED FROM THIS POINT FOR ANOTHER 1.75 MILES BEFORE LIFTING NEAR THE SALAMONIE RIVER. TOTAL LENGTH 2 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 5:40 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
938
WFUS53 KIWX 202313
TORIWX
INC103-169-210015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
612 PM EST TUE APR 20 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MIAMI COUNTY IN INDIANA
WABASH COUNTY IN INDIANA
* UNTIL 715 PM EST
* AT 612 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
AMBOY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
AMBOY
LA FONTAINE
WABASH
LAGRO
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 4084 8592 4080 8565 4072 8565 4066 8573
4066 8587 4058 8587 4058 8617Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.