Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1999, 5:41 PM EST for Lawrence County, Monroe County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1999, 5:41 PM EST (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1999, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Lawrence County, IN, Monroe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 172242 RRA SVRIND INC013-093-105-172315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 541 PM EST MON MAY 17 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BROWN COUNTY IN INDIANA LAWRENCE COUNTY IN INDIANA MONROE COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 532 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF BEDFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NASHVILLE AT 610 PM EST BLOOMINGTON AT 555 PM EST HELTONVILLE AT 600 PM EST 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 3931 8664 3872 8667 3906 8630 3933 8612
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, 27 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, 27 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, 26 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, 22 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, 19 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, 19 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, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Greene, Knox | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.