Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1999, 5:39 PM EST for Hamilton County, Marion County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 9, 1999, 5:39 PM EST (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1999, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Marion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 092240 SVRIND INC057-097-092330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 539 PM EST WED JUN 9 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN INDIANA NORTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 630 PM EST * AT 533 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF CARMEL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARMEL AT 555 PM EST OVER FISHERS AT 610 PM EST 6 MILES SOUTH OF NOBLESVILLE AT 625 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 3993 8624 3980 8608 4005 8586 4013 8606
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
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:45 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
INZ060-092015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 245 PM EST WED JUN 9 1999 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS EXPIRED. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN DID RESULT IN RAINFALL TOTALS OF AROUND AN INCH ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:08 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
408 PM EST WED JUN 09 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0406 PM MARTINSVILLE IN MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/99 MORGAN TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:49 PM EST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
449 PM EST WED JUN 09 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0335 PM NORTH TERRE HAUTE IN WIND DAMAGE
06/09/99 VIGO TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHERIFF.Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:10 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
510 PM EST WED JUN 09 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
04t06 PM MARTINSVILLE IN MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/99 MORGAN TREES DOWNED. REPORTED
BY SHERIFF.The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 3:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 6:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.