A strong low pressure system moved through southern Indiana on 24 November 2004. A few low topped supercells formed along the warm front, producing two tornadoes in southeast Indiana.
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The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system moved through southern Indiana on 24 November 2004. A few low topped supercells formed along the warm front, producing two tornadoes in southeast Indiana.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 1:00 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 100 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004 .DISCUSSION...PROBLEM OF DAY IS SNOW TONIGHT. MODELS CLOSE WITH PRIMARY FIELDS. ALL AGREE WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT AS COLD AIR BOTTLED UP TO WEST BY STRONG LOW STARTS TO MOVE IN. AFTER THAT...DRY FOR A WHILE BUT NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVING FRIDAY. DEVIL IN DETAILS...WHEN SNOW DEVELOPING AND HOW MUCH. TRACK OF -4 DEGREES 850 SEEMS TO BE WHERE RAIN/SNOW LINE IS...AT LEAST AS WELL AS ANYTHNG ELSE...INCLUDING MODEL SOUNDINGS. CHANGEOVER SHOULD RANGE FROM ABOUT 00Z NW CWA TO 05Z SE. SO RAIN...CHANGING TO SNOW EARLY TONIGHT. SOON AFTER CHANGEOVER...DRY PUNCH WILL MOVE IN ALOFT...SO RATES SHOULD DIMISH RAPIDLY. TROWAL IS CARRIED OFF TO NORTHWEST OF CWA BY MODELS...WHICH ALSO SUGGESTS WE WILL AVOID HEAVY STUFF THAT HAS BEEN OCCURING WEST AND NORTH. BELIEVE SNOW WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK WARPAROUND STUFF BY TIME STARTS. AROUND AN INCH SHOULD WORK MOST AREAS...BUT 1 TO 3 INCHES NORTHWEST COUNTIES WHERE DYNAMICS BEST. BASED ON UPSTREAM...MODEL CONSENSUS SHOULD WORK FOR TEMPS. && .IND WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && KWIATKOWSKI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 134 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004 INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-251833- BARTHOLOMEW-BOONE-BROWN-CARROLL-CLAY-CLINTON-DAVIESS-DECATUR- DELAWARE-FOUNTAIN-GREENE-HAMILTON-HANCOCK-HENDRICKS-HENRY-HOWARD- JACKSON-JENNINGS-JOHNSON-KNOX-LAWRENCE-MADISON-MARION-MARTIN-MONROE- MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-OWEN-PARKE-PUTNAM-RANDOLPH-RUSH-SHELBY-SULLIVAN- TIPPECANOE-TIPTON-VERMILLION-VIGO-WARREN- 134 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WILL BE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR FROM LAFAYETTE TO KOKOMO AND TAPER OFF TO JUST AROUND AN INCH FROM VINCENNES TO NORTH VERNON. MOTORISTS TRAVELING TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD CHECK WITH THE STATE POLICE IN EACH STATE FOR ROAD CONDITIONS WHERE TRAVEL IS PLANNED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR CONTINUOUS UPDATES ON THIS EVOLVING WEATHER SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS VIA TELEPHONE OR OVER THE WEB. && MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OUR WEBSITE... HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IND
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 237 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004 INZ053-056-057-061>065-068>072-250000- BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DAVIESS-DECATUR-GREENE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-LAWRENCE- MARTIN-MONROE-OWEN-RUSH-SHELBY- 237 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 903 IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST. THIS TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BARTHOLOMEW...BROWN... DAVIESS...DECATUR...GREENE...JACKSON...JENNINGS...LAWRENCE... MARTIN...MONROE...OWEN...RUSH AND SHELBY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE BEDFORD...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...SEYMOUR AND SHELBYVILLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 451 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004 INZ053-061-062-068>070-250000- DAVIESS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MARTIN-MONROE-OWEN- 451 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH #903 HAS BEEN REMOVED... INZ056-057-063>065-071-072-250000- BARTHOLOMEW-BROWN-DECATUR-JACKSON-JENNINGS-RUSH-SHELBY- 451 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH #903 REMAINS IN EFFECT...
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A small and short lived tornado touched down four miles northwest of Greensburg, crossing Interstate 74 near exit 132. Trees were downed, a barn roof was torn off, and cars were blown off the road. Damage amount is estimated.
A small tornado touched down just west of the Rush/Franklin county line, moving into Franklin county, and out of the Indianapolis County Warning Area, at 5:27 pm EST. A garage was destroyed and numerous trees and a power pole were snapped. At US 52 just west of the county line, a home lost part of its roof. Property damage is estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Indiana, 2004Warnings in Indiana, November 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5425578, 5425580, 5425579.