Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1999, 6:30 PM EST for Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 6, 1999, 6:30 PM EST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1999, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Martin County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Loogootee, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140 WUUS1 KIND 062332 RRA SVRIND INC101-070015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 630 PM EST SUN JUN 6 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MARTIN COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 715 PM EST * AT 623 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SHOALS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF JASPER...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... WINDOM AT 640 PM PM EST PLEASANT VALLEY AT 700 PM EST OVER SHOALS AT 710 PM EST 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 3849 8686 3836 8669 3885 8673 3885 8687 JK
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 6, 5:12 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
512 PM EST SUN JUN 06 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM WILBUR IN WIND DAMAGE
06/06/99 MORGAN TREES DOWNLocal storm report, Jun 6, 5:12 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
512 PM EST SUN JUN 06 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM WILBUR IN WIND DAMAGE
06/06/99 MORGAN TREES DOWNNearby
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.