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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 19, 1998Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 5:55 PM EST for Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1998, 5:55 PM EST (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1998, 6:30 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 3:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 1998-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 954 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 1998-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 192257 COR
SVRIND
INC107-157-192330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
555 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  SOUTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 553 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE...NEAR
  ROMNEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KIRKPATRICK
  BOWERS
  CLARKS HILL

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSZIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

ELSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 9:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Henry, Madison, Marion49 min
Jul 19, 6:18 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone32 min
Jul 19, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton, Tipton62 min
Jul 19, 6:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward21 min

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.