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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1998, 9:23 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 11, 1998, 9:23 PM EST (02:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1998, 9:55 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Winchester, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 120223 RRA SVRIND INC135-120255- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 923 PM EST THU JUN 11 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 955 PM EST * AT 920 PM EST...SPOTTERS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE NEAR PARKER CITY... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * AT 915 PM EST...A SPOTTER JUST SOUTH OF PARKER CITY OR 10 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE REPORTED 72 MPH WINDS. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FARMLAND WINCHESTER 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. DRT &
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, Jun 11, 7:55 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 755 PM EST THU JUN 11 1998 INZ003>005-012>015-020>022-028-029-035-043-044-051-052-060-061-067- 068-120130- THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM ELKHART TO LAFAYETTE TO WASHINGTON. THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS OF ELKHART...ROCHESTER...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE... CRAWFORDSVILLE...BRAZIL...LINTON AND WASHINGTON RK
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 7:55 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 755 PM EST THU JUN 11 1998 INZ003>005-012>015-020>022-028-029-035-043-044-051-052-060-061-067- 068-120130- THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM ELKHART TO LAFAYETTE TO WASHINGTON. THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS OF ELKHART...ROCHESTER...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE... CRAWFORDSVILLE...BRAZIL...LINTON AND WASHINGTON RK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 7:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Martin | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 8:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 8:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Tipton | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 8:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 4:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 4:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clinton, Howard | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:59 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Howard | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 6:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 6:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 33 min |
| Jun 12, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 49 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 32 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.