Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Watches in 2004
Tornado Watch 331
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 3 hr |
| May 30, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 29 min |
| May 30, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope | 25 min |
| May 30, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Owen | 52 min |
| May 30, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 92 min |
| May 30, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 63 min |
| May 30, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Dubois | 34 min |
| May 30, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain | 48 min |
| May 30, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe, Morgan | 45 min |
| May 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Benton, Jasper, Newton | 39 min |
| May 30, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 24 min |
| May 30, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Owen | 50 min |
| May 30, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 45 min |
| May 30, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 43 min |
| May 30, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Webster | 66 min |
| May 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | White | 74 min |
| May 30, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 58 min |
| May 30, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 57 min |
| May 30, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Monroe | 65 min |
| May 30, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 37 min |
| May 30, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 39 min |
| May 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 30 min |
| May 30, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 30, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 13 min |
| May 30, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean | 35 min |
| May 30, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 63 min |
| May 30, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Logan | 33 min |
| May 30, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Brown, Morgan | 42 min |
| May 30, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 63 min |
| May 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 57 min |
| May 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison, Washington | 51 min |
| May 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 50 min |
| May 30, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Oldham | 33 min |
| May 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Johnson | 46 min |
| May 30, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Ohio | 38 min |
| May 30, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Floyd | 42 min |
| May 30, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 42 min |
| May 30, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Shelby | 56 min |
| May 30, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 47 min |
| May 30, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 48 min |
| May 30, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark | 46 min |
| May 30, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 36 min |
| May 30, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 113 min |
| May 30, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Vigo | 48 min |
| May 30, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay | 42 min |
| May 30, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 39 min |
| May 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Jasper, Newton, Porter | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 65 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas, Edgar | 65 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 45 min |
| May 30, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Jasper | 48 min |
| May 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Edgar | 66 min |
| May 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Vermillion | 63 min |
| May 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Marion | 62 min |
| May 30, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LOT | Jasper | 42 min |
| May 30, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 69 min |
| May 30, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 32 min |
| May 30, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 54 min |
| May 30, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 63 min |
| May 30, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 51 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.
- 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
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 411,0870SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles and 31 more | 5 hr |
| May 30, 9:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Hancock and 6 more | 3 hr |
| May 30, 10:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 19 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 10:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Hancock, McDonough, Pike | 8 hr |
| May 30, 11:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Cook, DeWitt, Douglas, DuPage, Iroquois and 4 more | 116 min |
| May 30, 12:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 4 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 8 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 12:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Fulton and 13 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 45 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb, DuPage and 29 more | 119 min |
| May 30, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Iroquois and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Jackson, Madison and 7 more | 95 min |
| May 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 39 more | 54 min |
| May 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Lawrence, Wabash | 8 hr |
| May 30, 3:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Clark, Crawford and 47 more | 115 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland, Union, Wayne | 5 hr |
| May 30, 11:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken and 54 more | 115 min |
| May 30, 1:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell, Bourbon and 67 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calloway, Fulton | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.