Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 14, 1998Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 7:54 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 16 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 14, 1998, 7:54 PM EST (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1998, 8:10 PM EST
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hendricks County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 7:59 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 56Danville, 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.1000850700500300200100-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
7105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

907 
WUUS1 KIND 150056 RRA
SVRIND
INC063-150110-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
754 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 810 PM EST

* AT 752 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR DANVILLE OR 20 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN
  INDIANAPOLIS... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BROWNSBURG AND PLAINFIELD BY 805 PM EST

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

JAS

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 14, 6:15 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
INZ051>053-060>065-067>072-081-082-085>088-150500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...
SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST...

THE TORNADO WATCH IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE...
BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR...AND
EVANSVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

JAS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:15 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
INZ051>053-060>065-067>072-081-082-085>088-150500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
615 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL...
SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST...

THE TORNADO WATCH IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE...
BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR...AND
EVANSVILLE.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

JAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam3 hr
Jun 14, 7:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion3 hr
Jun 14, 7:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Clinton3 hr
Jun 14, 8:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Morgan49 min
Jun 14, 8:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Marion, Shelby3 hr
Jun 14, 9:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Henry, Rush3 hr
Jun 14, 9:13 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBartholomew, Decatur3 hr
Jun 14, 10:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Putnam118 min
Jun 14, 10:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDVermillion118 min

Nearby

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

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.