Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2004, 6:20 PM EST for Washington County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 6 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
- May 27, 2004, 6:20 PM EST (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Washington County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:30 PM EST | TORNADO | Livonia, IN | LIKELY TORNADO DAMAGE IN AREA. |
| May 27, 6:30 PM EST | TORNADO | Organ Springs, IN | CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR ORGAN SPRINGS...BECKSMILL ROAD...MOVING EAST. |
| May 27, 6:35 PM EST | TORNADO | Rosebud, IN | LIKELY TORNADO DAMAGE IN AREA. |
| May 27, 6:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Organ Springs, IN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| May 27, 6:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Martinsburg, IN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND GUST UP TO 70 MPH. |
| May 27, 6:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Martinsburg, IN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND GUST UP TO 70 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313 WFUS53 KLMK 272320 TORLMK INC175-280000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 620 PM EST THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 618 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ROSEBUD... OR ABOUT 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADIC STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BECKS MILL...ORGAN SPRINGS AROUND 625 PM EST SALEM AROUND 630 PM EST NEW PEKIN...FARABEE...MARTINSBURG AROUND 635 PM EST SOUTH BOSTON AROUND 640 PM EST THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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...SMALL ROOM OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3862 8632 3844 8633 3842 8603 3863 8590 $$ JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 32 min |
| May 26, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford | 30 min |
| May 26, 7:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd | 24 min |
| May 27, 2:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Floyd, Harrison | 35 min |
| May 27, 3:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 39 min |
| May 27, 5:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark | 44 min |
| May 27, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 59 min |
| May 27, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 46 min |
| May 27, 6:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Washington | 65 min |
| May 27, 6:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.