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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 24, 1998Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1998, 5:13 PM EST for Montgomery County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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
Aug 24, 1998, 5:13 PM EST (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1998, 6:00 PM EST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 5:15 PM ESTThunderstorm WindLafayette, INLarge tree blown down.
Aug 24, 5:30 PM ESTThunderstorm WindCrawfordsville, INTree fell on car killing occupant. Occurred on US 136.

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
Aug 24, 2:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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 1998-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 380 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 1998-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-343 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 242213 RRA
SVRIND
INC107-157-242300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
513 PM EST MON AUG 24 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 600 PM EST

* AT AT 510 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE... MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROMNEY AT 515 PM EST
  CLARKS HILL AT 520 PM EST
  RICHMOND AT 525 PM EST
  CRAWFORDSVILLE BY 545 PM EST

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

JEH

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

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 11:20 AM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>075-080-251000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1120 AM EST MON AUG 24 1998

THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE NORTHERN HALF OF
INDIANA UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOST OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL IOWA WILL MOVE
SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPED ALONG THIS FRONT LAST NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD
INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO MARCH EAST INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AREAS BY EVENING.

THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE ORIGINAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BEGIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
AND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AS YET ANOTHER WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO INDIANA. THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS MAY YIELD
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TOO.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

EDDY
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 11:20 AM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>075-080-251000-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1120 AM EST MON AUG 24 1998

THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE NORTHERN HALF OF
INDIANA UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOST OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL IOWA WILL MOVE
SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPED ALONG THIS FRONT LAST NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD
INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO MARCH EAST INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF INDIANA THIS
AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AREAS BY EVENING.

THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE ORIGINAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BEGIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
AND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AS YET ANOTHER WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO INDIANA. THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS MAY YIELD
SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TOO.

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

EDDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 4:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll35 min
Aug 24, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward16 min
Aug 24, 5:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison34 min
Aug 24, 5:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone46 min
Aug 24, 5:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Montgomery, Parke37 min
Aug 24, 5:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry, Randolph32 min
Aug 24, 6:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Hendricks, Marion46 min
Aug 24, 6:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Putnam32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.