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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 19, 1998Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 11:48 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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, 11:48 PM EST (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1998, 12:20 AM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Rush County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 20, 12:04 AM ESTThunderstorm WindCentral Portion, INGas pumps blown over in Rushville while trees were blown down in Arlington.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 8:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 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.

281 
WUUS1 KIND 200452
SVRIND
INC139-200520-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1148 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 1225 AM EST

* AT 1147 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE NEAR
  HENDERSON... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSHVILLE AT 1155 PM
  MAUZY AT 1205 AM

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

ZIMMERMAN
CORRECTED TIME STORM NEAR MAUZY

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, 5 hours 9 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
Local storm report, Jul 19, 8:47 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute 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

ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 9:00 PM EST, 2 hours 48 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, 2 hours 28 minutes 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
Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:07 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1007 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998

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

1004 PM    CICERO                    IN   0.88 INCH HAIL
07/19/98   HAMILTON

ELSON
Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:43 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1043 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998

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

0647 PM    RUSSIAVILLE               IN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/19/98   HOWARD

0735 PM    10 NE LEBANON             IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   BOONE                          BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION
                                          ...WALL BLOWN DOWN

1022 PM    MIDDLETOWN                IN   WIND DAMAGE
07/19/98   HENRY                          2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE
                                          AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN

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, 8:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush34 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 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.