Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 8:54 AM EST for Vermillion County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 66 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
- Nov 10, 1998, 8:54 AM EST (13:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1998, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 9:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Countywide, IN | |
| Nov 10, 9:10 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Countywide, IN |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 7:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 312 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 503 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 540 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
158 WUUS1 KIND 101355 RRA SVRIND INC045-165-167-101500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 854 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA VIGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1000 AM EST * AT 853 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 15 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COVINGTON BY 856 AM VEEDERSBURG BY 910 AM CLINTON BY 920 AM TERRE HAUTE BY 930 AM GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WEAK... SHORT LIVED TORNADOES ALONG ITS LEADING EDGE. HOWEVER... THE PRIMARY THREAT POSED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM IS PARTICULARLY DAMAGING WINDS. QUICKLY SEEK SAFETY IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT REMAIN OUTDOORS. TRUCKS AND OTHER HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS AND MAY BE BLOWN OFF THE ROAD. LASHLEY
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, Nov 10, 4:16 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-102000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 416 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER INDIANA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 400 AM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE BY DAYBREAK. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE EXITING INTO OHIO. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG WIND SHEAR ALSO SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION OVER INDIANA IS LIKELY THIS MORNING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS BEEN ISSUING TORNADO WATCH BOXES AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE OVERNIGHT...AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT ONE WILL BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF INDIANA BY 700 AM. EDDY
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:16 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-102000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 416 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER INDIANA THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS INDIANA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 400 AM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE BY DAYBREAK. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE EXITING INTO OHIO. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST AT AROUND 50 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS. STRONG WIND SHEAR ALSO SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVATION OVER INDIANA IS LIKELY THIS MORNING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS BEEN ISSUING TORNADO WATCH BOXES AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE OVERNIGHT...AND THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT ONE WILL BE ISSUED FOR PARTS OF INDIANA BY 700 AM. EDDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 8:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 8:54 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 66 min |
| Nov 10, 9:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 46 min |
| Nov 10, 9:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 9:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 63 min |
| Nov 10, 9:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Nov 10, 9:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 9:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 44 min |
| Nov 10, 9:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 65 min |
| Nov 10, 9:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 65 min |
| Nov 10, 9:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 61 min |
| Nov 10, 10:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan | 60 min |
| Nov 10, 10:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 45 min |
| Nov 10, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Johnson, Marion | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 10:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 11:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Jackson, Shelby | 61 min |
| Nov 10, 11:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Madison, Tipton | 61 min |
| Nov 10, 11:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 61 min |
| Nov 10, 11:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 61 min |
| Nov 10, 11:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 61 min |
| Nov 10, 12:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.