Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1999, 2:49 PM EST for Carroll County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1999, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1999, 3:35 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carroll County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.
365 WUUS1 KIND 111946 SVRIND INC015-112035- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 249 PM EST FRI JUN 11 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 335 PM EST * AT 245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR DELPHI... MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DELPHI AT 250 PM EST DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS .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, 1:39 PM EST, 1 hour 10 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, 48 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, 30 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, 30 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, 12 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, 12 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, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 44 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.