Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 9:21 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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, 9:21 PM EST (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 10:10 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 200222 SVRIND INC135-200310- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 921 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1010 PM EST * AT 920 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MUNCIE... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * 6THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PARKER CITY BY 925 PM EST WINCHESTER BY 935 PM EST LYNN AND UNION CITY BY 940 PM EST THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! ELSON
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, 2 hours 42 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
ELSONLocal storm report, Jul 19, 8:47 PM EST, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
847 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
0834 PM RUSHVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 RUSH 36 INCH DIAMETER TREE
BLOWN DOWN ONTO A CAR
0836 PM RUSHVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 RUSH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0836 PM CARTHAGE IN WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 RUSH 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE
BLOWN DOWN
0840 PM ARLINGTON IN WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98 RUSH LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN
ACROSS U.S. 52
ZIMMERMANSpecial weather statement, Jul 19, 9:00 PM EST, 21 minutes before
INZ029-030-036>042-048-049-056-057-064-065-072-200700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 900 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA EXPIRED AT 900 EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST. AT 900 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL AND OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ELSON
Local storm report, Jul 19, 9:20 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 920 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998 TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT... DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMAR,KS... 0917 PM MUNCIE IN 1.75 INCH HAIL 07/19/98 DELAWARE ELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 8:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 8:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 8:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 9:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 9:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 11:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 11:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 1:20 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 1:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 1:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 2:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 2:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 3:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 3:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 5:43 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jennings | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings | 5 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.