Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 12:25 AM EST for Knox County, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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 19, 1998, 12:25 AM EST (05:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Knox County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 12:45 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Vincennes, IN | A large open building at the Tractor Supply center was destroyed by high winds. Trees and power lines were also blown down by the thunderstorm. |
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 18, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 17.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 190525 RRA SVRIND INC083-153-190600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1225 AM EST FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA * UNTIL 100 AM EST * AT 1224 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF VINCENNES TO 15 MILES WEST OF SULLIVAN... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VINCENNES AROUND 1235 AM SULLIVAN AROUND 1240 AM DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BU6ILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! LASHLEY/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 18, 11:42 PM EST, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1142 PM EST THU JUNE 19 1998
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
1034 PM IN WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 PARKE TREES REPORTED DOWN
SOUTH HALF OF COUNTY
BY COUNTY SHERIFF
1036 PM IN WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 MONTOGOMERY ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN
NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY
BY COUNTY SHERIFF
1050 PM IN WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 MONTGOMERY ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN
NORTHEAST PART OF COUNTY
BY COUNTY SHERIFF
1104 PM NEWPORT IN WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 VERMILLION ONE TREE REPORTED DOWN
BY COUNTY SHERIFF
UNKNOWN IN WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 CLAY TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN NORTH HALF OF COUNTY
BY COUNTY SHERIFF
1115 PM IN WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 PUTNAM TREES DOWNED COUNTY WIDE
BY COUNTY SHERIFF
ELSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Tippecanoe | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 10:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion, Vigo | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 10:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 10:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Putnam | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 11:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 11:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Johnson, Marion | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 11:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 11:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 32 min |
| Jun 18, 11:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Monroe | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 12:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 12:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Henry, Rush | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 12:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 12:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen, Putnam | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 1:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Monroe, Morgan | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 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.