Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1999, 2:46 PM EST for Hamilton County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1999, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1999, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hamilton County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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, 2:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Carmel, 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 1:39 PM EST, 1 hour 7 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, 45 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.Local storm report, Jun 11, 2:19 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
219 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM LAFAYETTE IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 TIPPECANOE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
0215 PM 2 SW BUCK CREEK IN 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 TIPPECANOE ONE INCH HAIL. ALSO
TREE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 11, 2:19 PM EST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
219 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0205 PM LAFAYETTE IN WIND DAMAGE
06/11/99 TIPPECANOE TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
COUNTY SHERIFF.
0215 PM 2 SW BUCK CREEK IN 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 TIPPECANOE ONE INCH HAIL. ALSO
TREE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 11, 2:37 PM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
237 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0233 PM 5 N INDIANAPOLIS INTL ARPTIN 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 MARION REPORTED BY CITIZEN AT
38TH ST AND GEORGETOWN
RD. ON THE NW SIDE OF
INDIANAPOLIS.Local storm report, Jun 11, 2:37 PM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
237 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0233 PM 5 N INDIANAPOLIS INTL ARPTIN 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/99 MARION REPORTED BY CITIZEN AT
38TH ST AND GEORGETOWN
RD. ON THE NW SIDE OF
INDIANAPOLIS.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, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 2:49 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.