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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana

April 20, 2004Huntington County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2004, 7:04 PM EST for Huntington County, Indiana. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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, 7:04 PM EST (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2004, 8:00 PM EST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Northern Indiana
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Huntington County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 20, 7:25 PM EST	TORNADO 0	5 Sw Huntington, IN	TORNADO SKIPPED...NOT IN CONTACT WITH GROUND ALL THE TIME. 3.5 MILE LENGTH...50 YARDS WIDE. FIVE HOMES AND ONE BARN DAMAGED. ALSO TREE DAMAGE.
Apr 20, 7:25 PM EST	TORNADO	3 Nw Huntington, IN	POLE BARN PARTIALLY DESTROYED. TREE DAMAGE.
Apr 20, 7:26 PM EST	TORNADO	2 S Huntington, IN
Apr 20, 7:40 PM EST	TORNADO 0	2 E Huntington, IN	TORNADO SKIPPED...NOT ON GROUND AT ALL TIMES. 6 MILE TRACK. 50 YARDS WIDE. FINAL TOUCHDOWN 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROANOKE...NEAR THE HUNTINGTON/ALLEN COUNTY LINE. TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 333 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1050 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

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

575 
WFUS53 KIWX 210004
TORIWX
INC069-210100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
701 PM EST TUE APR 20 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN INDIANA

* UNTIL 800 PM EST

* AT 655 PM EST...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
SOMERSET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO 
NEAR AMBOY AT 625 PM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
  MOUNT ETNA
  LANCASTER
  BANQUO
  HUNTINGTON
  
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 4067 8564 4100 8564 4100 8535 4067 8535

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 7:07 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Grant	53 min
Apr 20, 7:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IWX	Cass	48 min
Apr 20, 7:42 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IWX	Allen	78 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.