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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 10, 1998Carroll County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 9:31 AM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 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
Nov 10, 1998, 9:31 AM EST (14:31 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 10:15 AM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 9:45 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 52Countywide, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 9:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 12:00Z on 1998-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 1998-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 503 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 101433 COR
SVRIND
INC015-107-133-101515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
931 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1015 AM EST

* AT 927 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT AND 15 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DELPHI IN CARROLL COUNTY BY 945 AM
  CAMDEN IN CARROLL COUNTY BY 1000 AM
  CRAWFORDSVILLE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY BY 950 AM
  DARLINGTON IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY BY 1000 AM
  GREENCASTLE IN PUTNAM COUNTY BY 950 AM
  ROACHDALE IN PUTNAM COUNTY BY 955 AM

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MONTGOMERY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL NOON EST.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM FOR CARROLL
COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR 8NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LASHLEY/KWIATKOWSKI

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, 5 hours 15 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, 5 hours 15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 8:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren47 min
Nov 10, 8:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion, Vigo66 min
Nov 10, 8:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain66 min
Nov 10, 9:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan46 min
Nov 10, 9:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke63 min
Nov 10, 9:17 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox63 min
Nov 10, 9:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe47 min
Nov 10, 9:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery, Putnam44 min
Nov 10, 9:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen65 min
Nov 10, 9:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess, Martin65 min
Nov 10, 9:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton61 min
Nov 10, 10:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Monroe, Morgan60 min
Nov 10, 10:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton45 min
Nov 10, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Johnson, Marion51 min
Nov 10, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence51 min
Nov 10, 10:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBrown51 min
Nov 10, 11:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew, Jackson, Shelby61 min
Nov 10, 11:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Madison, Tipton61 min
Nov 10, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Henry61 min
Nov 10, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Jennings61 min
Nov 10, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush61 min
Nov 10, 12:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.