Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Nov 10, 1998, 11:04 AM EST (16:04 UTC)

Expired

Nov 10, 1998, 12:05 PM EST

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bartholomew County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Shelby County, 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.

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WUUS1 KIND 101605 RRA
SVRIND
INC005-059-071-095-145-159-101705-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1104 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  EASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1205 PM EST

* AT 1103 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 10 MILES EAST OF KOKOMO TO TO 5 MILES EAST
  OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT
  35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ANDERSON BY 1125 AM
  GREENFIELD BY 1120 AM
  SHELBYVILLE BY 1120 AM
  COLUMBUS BY 1125 AM
  SEYMOUR BY 1130 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.

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS
QUICKLY SO DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

SLL/JK

In the hours 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

INZ021-028>031-035>040-043>048-051>056-060>064-067>071-101900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1055 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAFAYETTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...TERRE HAUTE AND
VINCENNES.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CARROLL COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL
INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF INDIANAPOLIS...ANDERSON...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD AND SEYMOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM FOR HOWARD
COUNTY OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITY OF KOKOMO.

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS /NEAR TIPTON/ TO JUST EAST OF BEDFORD AT 1055 AM. THIS
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AWAY FROM
THE THUNDERSTORMS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

ZIMMERMAN

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

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.