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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 10, 1998Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 11:34 AM EST for Decatur County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 61 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, 11:34 AM EST (16:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1998, 12:35 PM EST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, IN, Jennings County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 10, 12:15 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Vernon, 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 nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

280 
WUUS1 KIND 101635 RRA
SVRIND
INC031-035-065-079-139-101735-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1134 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
  JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA
  RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1235 PM EST

* AT 1133 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF MUNCIE TO 20
  MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO NEAR SEYMOUR... MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MUNCIE AND NEW CASTLE BY NOON EST
  RUSHVILLE BY 1205 PM EST
  GREENSBURG BY 1205 PM EST
  NORTH VERNON BY 1150 AM EST

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

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

Local storm report, Nov 10, 10:06 AM EST, 1 hour 28 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
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 10:55 AM EST, 39 minutes before
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

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 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 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.