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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 6, 1999Martin County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 7:00 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Loogootee, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1999-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 502 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1999-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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 DOWN
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 DOWN

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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.