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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 11, 1999Fountain County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 1999, 5:12 PM EST for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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: Feb 11, 1999, 5:12 PM EST (22:12 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 1999, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Feb 11, 5:30 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Kingman, IN
Feb 11, 5:49 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Hillsboro, IN
Feb 11, 5:55 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Newport, 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
Feb 11, 3:30 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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: 394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 112219
SVRIND
INC045-165-112300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
512 PM EST THU FEB 11 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 510 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CAYUGA OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  DANVILLE ILLINOIS... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAYUGA AT 515 PM EST
  VEEDERSBURG AT 535 PM EST
  HILLSBORO AT 535 PM EST

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

JEH

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, Feb 11, 12:52 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

INZ003>009-012>018-020>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-112100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1252 PM EST THU FEB 11 1999

...BIG WEATHER CHANGES ON THE WAY FOR THE HOOSIER STATE...

DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES IN WEATHER ARE IN STORE FOR INDIANA OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. A STRONG COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER THE PLAINS STATES
WILL PUSH TOWARD INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND CROSS INDIANA TONIGHT.

SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE PROVIDING A SPLENDID FEBRUARY
DAY ACROSS INDIANA TODAY. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN SET IN
INDIANAPOLIS TODAY. HOWEVER...AS THE STRONG FRONT PASSES TONIGHT...
EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET...FALLING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE
30S BY FRIDAY MORNING AND INTO THE 20S BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THE
FRONT TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH MAY ACCOMPANY SOME
STORMS.

AS THE COLD AIR PUSHES INTO INDIANA ON FRIDAY...LINGERING LIGHT SNOW
IS POSSIBLE ACROSS INDIANA...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS
OF THE STATE.

PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER-
LIKE TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY.

PUMA/EDDY

Local storm report, Feb 11, 2:35 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
235 PM EST THU FEB 11 1999

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....        ...REMARKS...

1242 PM        ROSEDALE             IN      WIND DAMAGE

02/11/99       PARK CO.                     3 POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN
                                            BY WIND GUSTS OF 53 MPH.

Local storm report, Feb 11, 3:00 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
300 PM EST THU FEB 11 1999

TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT...
DATE       ....COUNTY LOCATION....b        ...REMARKS...

1242 PM        ROSEDALE             IN      WIND DAMAGE
02/11/99       PARKE                        3 POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN
                                            BY WIND GUSTS OF 53 MPH.

CORRECTED FORMAT

Special weather statement, Feb 11, 4:40 PM EST, 32 minutes before

INZ003>009-012>018-020>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-120200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
440 PM EST THU FEB 11 1999

...A WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER IN STORE FOR INDIANA...

DRAMATIC DIFFERENCES IN WEATHER ARE IN STORE FOR INDIANA THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS STATES WILL
PUSH TOWARD INDIANA THIS EVENING AND CROSS INDIANA OVERNIGHT.

SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT
CROSSES THE STATE TONIGHT. WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH IN SOME
OF THE STRONGER STORMS.

AFTER THE FRONT PASSES OVERNIGHT...MUCH COLDER AIR WILL PUSH INTO
INDIANA. THERE WILL BE A SHARP CONTRAST IN TEMPERATURES
FROM TODAY TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON STATEWIDE. AFTER HIGHS IN THE 70S
TODAY...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET...FALLING INTO
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S BY FRIDAY MORNING AND INTO THE 20S BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS COLDER AIR WILL ALSO RESULT IN SOME LINGERING
LIGHT SNOW jACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL BECOME
MORE FAVORABLE FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.

PEOPLE PLANNING TO TRAVEL IN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
WINTER-LIKE TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY.

EDDY/PUMA

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.