Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1999, 10:42 PM EST for Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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
- Jun 1, 1999, 10:42 PM EST (03:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1999, 11:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Owen County, IN, Putnam County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 11:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Greencastle, IN | |
| Jun 1, 11:28 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Carp, 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 1, 8:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
020 WUUS1 KIND 020345 RRA SVRIND INC107-119-133-020430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1042 PM EST TUE JUN 1 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY OWEN COUNTY PUTNAM COUNTY * UNTIL 1130 PM EST * AT 1037 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 25 MILES WEST OF SPENCER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE AT 1055 PM EST NEAR GREENCASTLE AT 1100 PM EST NEAR SPENCER AT 1055 PM EST DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR INDIANA. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
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, Jun 1, 10:41 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1041 PM EST TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1017 PM 5 SW TERRE HAUTE IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/99 VIGO
1030 PM EASTERN VIGO COUNTY IN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/99 VIGO SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
EASTERN VIGO COUNTY
REPORTED BY STATE POLICELocal storm report, Jun 1, 10:41 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1041 PM EST TUE JUN 01 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1017 PM 5 SW TERRE HAUTE IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/01/99 VIGO
1030 PM EASTERN VIGO COUNTY IN WIND DAMAGE
06/01/99 VIGO SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
EASTERN VIGO COUNTY
REPORTED BY STATE POLICEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 9:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 10:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 10:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 10:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 10:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 10:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
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.