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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:59 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Danville, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 8:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 118 min |
| Jun 14, 10:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vermillion | 118 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.