Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 8:06 PM EST for Johnson County, Marion County, Morgan County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1998, 8:06 PM EST (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 8:55 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, IN, Marion County, IN, Morgan County, 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 14, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
001 WUUS1 KIND 150108 RRA SVRIND INC081-097-109-150155- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 806 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHERN MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA NORTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 855 PM EST * AT 805 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLAINFIELD OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SOUTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS GREENWOOD BY 825 PM EST WAVERLY BY 815 PM EST FRANKLIN BY 835 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 51 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 51 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, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 16 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
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.