Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1999, 12:50 PM EST for Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 55 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 11, 1999, 12:50 PM EST (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1999, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Parke County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 1:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Rockville, 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
959 WUUS1 KIND 111753 RRA SVRIND INC121-111845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1250 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PARKE COUNTY IN INDIANA * UNTIL 145 PM EST * AT 1248 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCKVILLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MANSFIELD AT 100 PM EST RACOON LAKE AT 105 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 3961 8723 3962 8705 3986 8705 3986 8727 .END/DRT/JC
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 11, 12:35 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1235 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1207 PM 4 W LINTON IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 GREENE SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHIRIFF.Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:35 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1235 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1207 PM 4 W LINTON IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 GREENE SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY COUNTY
SHIRIFF.Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:46 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1246 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1244 PM BRAZIL IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 CLAY TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:46 PM EST, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1246 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1244 PM BRAZIL IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 CLAY TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 12:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 1:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 2:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.