Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1998, 6:58 PM EST for Henry 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 12, 1998, 6:58 PM EST (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1998, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:02 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Kennard, 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 12, 3:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 685 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 122358 RRA SVRIND INC065-130030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 658 PM EST FRI JUN 12 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 730 PM EST * AT 658 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF NEW CASTLE...NEAR SHIRLEY... MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW CASTLE BY 720 PM KENNARD BY 710 PM THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! SPOTTERS REPORTED 61 MPH WINDS IN MAXWELL...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD AT 655 PM EST. EDDY
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, Jun 12, 5:40 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 PM EST FRI JUN 12 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM BATTLEGROUND IN WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98 TIPPECANOE SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0520 PM FLORA IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/98 CARROLL COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
DRTLocal storm report, Jun 12, 5:40 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
540 PM EST FRI JUN 12 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM BATTLEGROUND IN WIND DAMAGE
06/12/98 TIPPECANOE SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0520 PM FLORA IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/98 CARROLL COUPLE OF TREES DOWN
DRTSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 6:41 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ060>092-130500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 641 PM EST FRI JUN 12 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST. THE WATCH IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO BLOOMINGTON TO BROOKVILLE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE...BEDFORD...BATESVILLE...VINCENNES AND JASPER. VERY STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS ON 1 INCH AN HOUR MY OCCUR. THE RAIN WILL ONLY LAST FOR AROUND 1 HOUR. TORNADOE WATCHES CONTINIUE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 9PM AND UNTIL 10PM FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA. THIS IS A DANGEOUS SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER QUICKLY. LISTEN TO RELIABLE SOURCES SUCH AS WEATHER RADIO 2000 FOR THE LATES STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HAINES
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 11, 9:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 32 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 |
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.