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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 19, 1998Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 8:11 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1998, 8:11 PM EST (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1998, 8:45 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Rush County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 8:34 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 51Rushville, INThunderstorm winds to 60 mph blew down trees and power lines.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2300 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
2300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 200111
SVRIND
INC139-200145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 845 PM EST

* AT 808 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSHVILLE NEAR
  CARTHAGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  A COUPLE TREES WERE
  REPORTED DOWN AT 755 PM EST IN HANCOCK COUNTY BY THE COUNTY
  SHERIFF.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH...
  FARMERS
  SEXTON
  RUSHVILLE
  NEW SALEM

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

ELSON


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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:39 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
639 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

0631 PM    FOREST                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/98   CLINTON                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          COVERING THE GROUND

ELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone34 min
Jul 19, 7:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClinton36 min
Jul 19, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton35 min
Jul 19, 8:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison30 min
Jul 19, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware31 min
Jul 19, 9:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph49 min
Jul 19, 9:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison32 min
Jul 19, 11:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush32 min
Jul 19, 11:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush32 min
Jul 20, 1:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan30 min
Jul 20, 1:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby33 min
Jul 20, 1:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson33 min
Jul 20, 2:32 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur33 min
Jul 20, 2:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown31 min
Jul 20, 3:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew34 min
Jul 20, 3:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Shelby34 min
Jul 20, 5:43 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jennings6 hr
Jul 20, 11:40 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings5 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.