Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1999, 5:26 PM EST for Daviess County, Greene County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1999, 5:26 PM EST (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1999, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 5:39 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Vincennes, IN | |
| May 17, 5:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Oaktown, IN | |
| May 17, 5:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Washington, IN | |
| May 17, 5:54 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Fairbanks, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WUUS1 KIND 172229 RRA SVRIND INC027-055-083-153-167-172300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 526 PM EST MON MAY 17 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAVIESS COUNTY IN INDIANA GREENE COUNTY IN INDIANA KNOX COUNTY IN INDIANA SULLIVAN COUNTY IN INDIANA VIGO COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 600 PM EST * AT 517 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF SULLIVAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS SOUTHWEST OF KNOX COUNTY WILL ALSO MOVE INTO THE AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS. LAT...LON 3921 8766 3838 8772 3856 8697 3960 8750
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
Local storm report, May 17, 5:14 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
514 PM EST MON MAY 17 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM UNIONVILLE IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/99 MONROE REPORTED BY STATE POLICELocal storm report, May 17, 5:14 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
514 PM EST MON MAY 17 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM UNIONVILLE IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/99 MONROE REPORTED BY STATE POLICELocal storm report, May 17, 5:15 PM EST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EST MON MAY 17 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0432 PM ELLETTSVILLE IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/17/99 MONROE REPORTED BY HAM OPERATORLocal storm report, May 17, 5:19 PM EST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
519 PM EST MON MAY 17 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0511 PM INDIANAPOLIS INTL ARPT IN 55 MPH TSTM GUST
05/17/99 MARION REPORTED BY IPL AT
THOMPSON RD SUBSTATIONLocal storm report, May 17, 5:22 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
522 PM EST MON MAY 17 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0513 PM GOSPORT IN WIND DAMAGE
05/17/99 OWEN TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
REPORTED BY AMATEUR
RADIO.Local storm report, May 17, 5:22 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
522 PM EST MON MAY 17 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0513 PM GOSPORT IN WIND DAMAGE
05/17/99 OWEN TREE LIMBS DOWNED.
REPORTED BY AMATEUR
RADIO.The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 17, 1:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 32 min |
| May 17, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 39 min |
| May 17, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe, Owen | 27 min |
| May 17, 4:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 24 min |
| May 17, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 32 min |
| May 17, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 16 min |
| May 17, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 24 min |
| May 17, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 31 min |
| May 17, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Marion | 26 min |
| May 17, 4:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 23 min |
| May 17, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hancock | 34 min |
| May 17, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 35 min |
| May 17, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 31 min |
| May 17, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan | 31 min |
| May 17, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 34 min |
| May 17, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 34 min |
| May 17, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 34 min |
| May 17, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 31 min |
| May 17, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Martin | 46 min |
| May 17, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox, Sullivan | 46 min |
| May 17, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 46 min |
| May 17, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 48 min |
| May 17, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown | 41 min |
| May 17, 6:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 37 min |
| May 17, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence, Monroe | 30 min |
| May 17, 6:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan, Putnam | 50 min |
| May 17, 6:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown, Jackson | 39 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.