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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1998, 7:53 PM EST for Hendricks County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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 11, 1998, 7:53 PM EST (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1998, 8:40 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Marion County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:03 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Brownsburg, 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 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, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 120053 RRA TORIND INC063-097-120140- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 753 PM EST THU JUN 11 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 840 PM EST * AT 750 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR BROWNSBURG... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 4(0 MPH. * TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE... TRADERS POINT NORA CASTLETON GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! DRT
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, 7:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Randolph | 61 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, 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 |
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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.