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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 10, 1998Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 10:29 AM EST for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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
Nov 10, 1998, 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 11:20 AM EST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 10, 7:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 240 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.

801 
WUUS1 KIND 101530 RRA
SVRIND
INC013-057-081-093-097-101620-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1029 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1120 AM EST

* AT 1028 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM JUST SOUTH OF KOKOMO TO 10 MILES WEST OF
  INDIANAPOLIS TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NOBLESVILLE BY 1055 AM
  INDIANAPOLIS BY 1050 AM
  FRANKLIN BY 1100 AM
  NASHVILLE BY 1055 AM
  BEDFORD BY 1050 AM

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES UNTIL NOON EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

SLL/JK

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, Nov 10, 10:06 AM EST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1006 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

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

0940 AM    TERRE HAUTE               IN   WIND DAMAGE
11/10/98   VIGO                           TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN
                                          DOWN BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
                                          NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND
                                          CLINTON ROAD BLOCKED BY
                                          DOWNED TREES.

JEZ

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, 9:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll44 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 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

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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.