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Tornado Watch 331

May 30, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 30, 2004, 11:50 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2004, 11:50 AM CDT (16:50 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 129 counties

Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew County, IN, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Wells County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allen County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

Warnings issued inside it

63 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 12:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLOTBenton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter3 hr
May 30, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac29 min
May 30, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope25 min
May 30, 12:38 PM CDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Owen52 min
May 30, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTBenton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter92 min
May 30, 12:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston63 min
May 30, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKDubois34 min
May 30, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WarningINDFountain48 min
May 30, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMonroe, Morgan45 min
May 30, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTBenton, Jasper, Newton39 min
May 30, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSpencer24 min
May 30, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDOwen50 min
May 30, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningINDGreene45 min
May 30, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd43 min
May 30, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins, Webster66 min
May 30, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXWhite74 min
May 30, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell58 min
May 30, 1:48 PM CDTTornado WarningINDTippecanoe57 min
May 30, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMonroe65 min
May 30, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange37 min
May 30, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOrange39 min
May 30, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Floyd30 min
May 30, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford43 min
May 30, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHTodd13 min
May 30, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMcLean35 min
May 30, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll63 min
May 30, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKLogan33 min
May 30, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBrown, Morgan42 min
May 30, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins, Muhlenberg63 min
May 30, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKClark, Floyd31 min
May 30, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison, Washington57 min
May 30, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison, Washington51 min
May 30, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess50 min
May 30, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOldham33 min
May 30, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningINDJohnson46 min
May 30, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOhio38 min
May 30, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKFloyd42 min
May 30, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess42 min
May 30, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningINDShelby56 min
May 30, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham47 min
May 30, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningINDVigo48 min
May 30, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKClark46 min
May 30, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison43 min
May 30, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningINDVigo36 min
May 30, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHenry, Oldham44 min
May 30, 4:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClark113 min
May 30, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningINDVigo48 min
May 30, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningINDClay42 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningINDPutnam39 min
May 30, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTJasper, Newton, Porter45 min
May 30, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper65 min
May 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas, Edgar65 min
May 30, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam45 min
May 30, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLOTJasper48 min
May 30, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar66 min
May 30, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningINDVermillion63 min
May 30, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMarion62 min
May 30, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTJasper42 min
May 30, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXPulaski69 min
May 30, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHendricks, Morgan32 min
May 30, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark54 min
May 30, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningINDParke63 min
May 30, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHenry, Oldham51 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1629 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

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

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 301652
SEL1  
SPC WW 301650
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-310000-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 331
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1150 AM EST SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       MUCH OF INDIANA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1150 AM UNTIL 700
PM EST.

...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 80 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 10
MILES WEST OF FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 329...WW 330...

DISCUSSION...NRN IL MCS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EWD INTO IND LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS MAINTAINING A THREAT FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES/DAMAGING SURFACE WINDS.  FARTHER S AND E...
SUPERCELLS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS ALONG
DIFFUSE NW/SE WARM FRONT ACROSS CNTRL PARTS OF IND/KY. ISOLATED
ACTIVITY NOW DEVELOPING IN WARM SECTOR OVER SERN IL/WRN KY MAY ALSO
PERSIST AS SURFACE HEATING COUNTERACTS WARM ADVECTION LIKELY
OCCURRING IN THE 800-700 MB LAYER.  VERY RICH MOISTURE INFLOW AND
STRENGTHENING DEEP WIND FIELDS MAY SUPPORT A FEW TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL/HIGH WIND.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 550.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 27025.


...CORFIDI

411,0835 363,0861 363,0890 411,0870

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 31 more5 hr
May 30, 9:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 6 more3 hr
May 30, 10:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 19 more2 hr
May 30, 10:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Hancock, McDonough, Pike8 hr
May 30, 11:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Cook, DeWitt, Douglas, DuPage, Iroquois and 4 more116 min
May 30, 12:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 4 more2 hr
May 30, 12:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 8 more7 hr
May 30, 12:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Fulton and 13 more2 hr
May 30, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 45 more6 hr
May 30, 3:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb, DuPage and 29 more119 min
May 30, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Iroquois and 12 more6 hr
May 30, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Jackson, Madison and 7 more95 min
May 30, 5:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 39 more54 min
May 30, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 41 more6 hr
May 30, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGallatin, Hardin, Lawrence, Wabash8 hr
May 30, 3:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clark, Crawford and 47 more115 min
May 30, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Union, Wayne5 hr
May 30, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 54 more115 min
May 30, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 67 more7 hr
May 30, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCalloway, Fulton8 hr

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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.