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Tornado Watch 343

May 30, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 30, 2004, 6:55 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2004, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 126 counties

Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Bartholomew 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, DeKalb County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Elkhart 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, Jay County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Martin County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Noble 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, Saint Joseph County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Starke County, IN, Steuben County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Union County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash 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, Calloway 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, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall 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, Defiance County, OH, Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Paulding County, OH, Van Wert County, OH, Williams County, OH

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe59 min
May 30, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHancock, Marion50 min
May 30, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningINDParke, Vermillion60 min
May 30, 7:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXJasper, Lawrence6 hr
May 30, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass51 min
May 30, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash49 min
May 30, 7:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion5 hr
May 30, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe58 min
May 30, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence53 min
May 30, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo50 min
May 30, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, White49 min
May 30, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, Starke79 min
May 30, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningINDVigo48 min
May 30, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Montgomery61 min
May 30, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHardin59 min
May 30, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, Starke74 min
May 30, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningINDSullivan39 min
May 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox51 min
May 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves51 min
May 30, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall50 min
May 30, 7:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningIWXAllen5 hr
May 30, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningINDClay46 min
May 30, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHancock45 min
May 30, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite45 min
May 30, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Marshall58 min
May 30, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningINDPutnam41 min
May 30, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Marshall53 min
May 30, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Posey53 min
May 30, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Hopkins, Lyon, Webster65 min
May 30, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningINDClinton64 min
May 30, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMadison47 min
May 30, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh59 min
May 30, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWebster52 min
May 30, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan50 min
May 30, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningINDGreene33 min
May 30, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPike, Warrick59 min
May 30, 8:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Vigo4 hr
May 30, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcLean39 min
May 30, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningINDClay, Vigo51 min
May 30, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall49 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXMiami63 min
May 30, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer63 min
May 30, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin31 min
May 30, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen28 min
May 30, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKDubois58 min
May 30, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg53 min
May 30, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXWabash80 min
May 30, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence, Monroe49 min
May 30, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningINDDelaware, Madison34 min
May 30, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOhio39 min
May 30, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry39 min
May 30, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown35 min
May 30, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKPerry55 min
May 30, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon32 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange45 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningIWXBlackford, Jay40 min
May 30, 9:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Johnson, Marion, Morgan, Owen, Putnam5 hr
May 30, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKCrawford36 min
May 30, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge49 min
May 30, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler33 min
May 30, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph29 min
May 30, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKMeade59 min
May 30, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGrayson48 min
May 30, 9:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg3 hr
May 30, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson38 min
May 30, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington53 min
May 30, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg36 min
May 30, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKMeade48 min
May 30, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd47 min
May 30, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKLogan46 min
May 30, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jennings45 min
May 30, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHarrison44 min
May 30, 9:49 PM CDTTornado WarningILNDarke, Mercer41 min
May 30, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKGrayson39 min
May 30, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKHardin66 min
May 30, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd36 min
May 30, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKEdmonson, Warren35 min
May 30, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNUnion45 min
May 30, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush42 min
May 30, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClark, Floyd, Scott38 min
May 30, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Jefferson50 min
May 30, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Ripley43 min
May 30, 10:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKJefferson39 min
May 30, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKBullitt38 min
May 30, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKSimpson52 min
May 30, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson50 min
May 30, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick3 hr
May 30, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOldham49 min
May 30, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKHardin, Hart, Larue44 min
May 30, 10:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLMKOldham, Trimble42 min
May 30, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Nelson40 min
May 30, 10:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall and 1 more112 min
May 30, 10:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHSpencer3 hr
May 30, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin30 min
May 31, 12:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg95 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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°0°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 302354
SEL3  
SPC WW 302355
INZ000-KYZ000-MIZ000-OHZ000-310800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 343
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
655 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

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

       INDIANA
       WESTERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
       FAR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
       FAR NORTHEAST OHIO

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 655 PM UNTIL
300 AM CDT.

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

DESTRUCTIVE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 70 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA TO 5
MILES SOUTH 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...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 331. WATCH NUMBER 331 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 655
PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 332...WW 335...WW 336...WW 337...WW 338...WW
339...WW 340...WW 341...WW 342...

DISCUSSION...EXPECT A MIXED MODE OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE TO OVERSPREAD
THIS REGION TONIGHT.  PARAMETERS REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS...SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME QUITE STRONG/PERSISTENT. 
EVOLUTION INTO ONE OR MORE WELL-DEFINED BOW ECHO SYSTEMS MAY ALSO
EVOLVE AND ENHANCE THE THREAT OF VERY DAMAGING WINDS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.


...EVANS

420,0835 363,0861 363,0884 420,0863

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, 11:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Crawford, Edgar, Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin and 7 more7 hr
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, 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

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.