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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1998, 6:18 PM EST for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 19, 1998, 6:18 PM EST (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1998, 6:50 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebanon, IN | Tree blown down on house trapped man underneath, seriously injuring him. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 192318 TORIND INC011-192350- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 618 PM EST SUN JUL 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 650 PM EST * AT 617 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE NEAR THORNTOWN... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PIKE AT 625 PM ELIZAVILLE AT 635 PM TERHUNE AT 640 PM IF YOU ARE IN A MULTIPLE STORY BUILDING...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 9:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Madison, Marion | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 6:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 21 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.