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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 11, 1999Hamilton County, Indiana

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 2:50 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Carmel, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 1:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1999-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 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 1999-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 12:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay47 min
Jun 11, 12:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke55 min
Jun 11, 1:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery34 min
Jun 11, 2:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe51 min
Jun 11, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion27 min
Jun 11, 2:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll46 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.