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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 11, 1998Randolph County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1998, 7:19 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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 11, 1998, 7:19 PM EST (00:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 1998, 8:20 PM EST
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Randolph County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 11, 7:20 PM EST	Tornado F0	Winchester, IN
Jun 11, 7:35 PM EST	Tornado F1	Winchester, IN	Third tornado from supercell crossed into Randolph County farmfields east of Blountsville before dissipating.

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 11, 7:00 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 388 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 431 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 11.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 120019 RRA
TORIND
INC135-120120-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
719 PM EST THU JUN 11 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 820 PM EST

* AT 715 PM EST... SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT SUMMIT...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO HAS PRODUCED WIDESPREAD
  DAMAGE ALL ALONG ITS PATH FROM EAST INDIANAPOLIS.

* TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
  LASANTVILLE
  MODOC
  WINCHESTER

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

DRT


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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 7:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard	51 min
Jun 11, 7:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Greene, Lawrence, Martin	49 min
Jun 11, 7:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Daviess	49 min
Jun 11, 7:49 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Madison	36 min
Jun 11, 7:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hendricks, Marion	47 min
Jun 11, 8:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Hamilton	46 min
Jun 11, 8:25 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard	30 min
Jun 11, 8:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Tipton	31 min
Jun 11, 8:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jackson	34 min
Jun 11, 9:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph	32 min
Jun 12, 4:01 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Carroll, Tippecanoe	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:01 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Fountain, Warren	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	47 min
Jun 12, 4:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Carroll	45 min
Jun 12, 4:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Clinton, Howard	4 hr
Jun 12, 4:59 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Montgomery	4 hr
Jun 12, 5:17 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Howard	48 min
Jun 12, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Boone, Hendricks	47 min
Jun 12, 6:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	48 min
Jun 12, 6:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Delaware, Madison	33 min
Jun 12, 6:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vigo	49 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock	50 min
Jun 12, 6:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay	36 min
Jun 12, 6:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Henry	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.