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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1998, 12:40 PM EST for Brown County, Monroe 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 22, 1998, 12:40 PM EST (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1998, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:47 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Bloomington, IN | Thunderstorm winds to 70 mph blew down dozens of trees and power lines. Up to four homes and several vehicles were damaged by fallen trees. |
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 22, 11:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
699 WUUS1 KIND 221739 RRA SVRIND INC013-105-221810- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1240 PM EST MON JUN 22 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 115 PM EST * AT 1235 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BLOOMINGTON... MOVING MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... YELLOWOOD FOREST BY 1250 PM EST NASHVILLE BY 105 PM EST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CONLEY
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 22, 12:08 PM EST, 32 minutes before
INZ021-029>031-036>042-044>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1208 PM EST MON JUN 22 1998 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO TERRE HAUTE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANDERSON...INDIANAPOLIS... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES AND SEYMOUR. AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 1205 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OVER 55 MPH. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION... SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 12:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 31 min |
| Jun 22, 1:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 1:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 1:52 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Knox | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.