Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1999, 2:09 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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, 2:09 PM EST (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1999, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Tippecanoe County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 2:15 PM EST | Hail 1 | Buck Creek, 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 11, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
302 WUUS1 KIND 111910 RRA SVRIND INC157-112000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 209 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN INDIANA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE * UNTIL 300 PM EST * AT 205 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LAFAYETTE AT 215 PM EST BATTLE GROUND AT 220 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR INDIANA. LAT...LON 4024 8708 4024 8677 4054 8673 4057 8706 .END/DT/JTC
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, 1 hour 34 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1:39 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
139 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0127 PM CRAWFORDSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 MONTGOMERY TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE
OF CITY.Local storm report, Jun 11, 1:39 PM EST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
139 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0127 PM CRAWFORDSVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 MONTGOMERY TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE
OF CITY.Local storm report, Jun 11, 2:01 PM EST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
201 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0125 PM 8 NE ROCKVILLE IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 PARKE 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, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 1:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 34 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
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.