Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 180, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1998, 12:07 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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, 12:07 PM EST (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 1998, 12:55 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 12:15 PM 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, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
490 WUUS1 KIND 101708 RRA SVRIND INC135-101755- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1207 PM EST TUE NOV 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1255 PM EST * AT 1205 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PARKER CITY BY 1215 PM EST FARMLAND BY 1220 PM EST WINCHESTER BY 1235 PM EST UNION CITY BY 1250 PM EST THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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.
JEZSpecial weather statement, Nov 10, 10:55 AM EST, 1 hour 12 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
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 11:57 AM EST, 10 minutes before
INZ030-031-037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1157 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF INDIANAPOLIS...ANDERSON...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD AND SEYMOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HOWARD COUNTY OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITY OF KOKOMO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MUNCIE...RUSHVILLE AND NORTH VERNON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MUNCIE TO 10 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR AT 1155 AM. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 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
Special weather statement, Nov 10, 11:57 AM EST, 10 minutes before
INZ030-031-037>042-046>049-054>057-062>065-070>072-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1157 AM EST TUE NOV 10 1998 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF INDIANAPOLIS...ANDERSON...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD AND SEYMOUR. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HOWARD COUNTY OF CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITY OF KOKOMO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MUNCIE...RUSHVILLE AND NORTH VERNON. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM MUNCIE TO 10 MILES EAST OF SEYMOUR AT 1155 AM. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 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.
| 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 | Vermillion, Vigo | 66 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 |
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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.