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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 1, 1999Fountain County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1999, 10:26 PM EST for Fountain County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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 1, 1999, 10:26 PM EST (03:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 1999, 11:15 PM EST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Fountain County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 1, 10:39 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 55	Kingman, 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 1, 8:45 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 7.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

695 
WFUS1 KIND 020329 RRA
TORIND
INC045-020415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1026 PM EST TUE JUN 1 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FOUNTAIN COUNTY 

* UNTIL 1115 PM EST

* AT 1022 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF      
  VEEDERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WALLACE AT 1050 PM EST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR INDIANA.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 9:56 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Vermillion	34 min
Jun 1, 10:06 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	39 min
Jun 1, 10:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke	23 min
Jun 1, 10:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay	30 min
Jun 1, 10:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Owen, Putnam	48 min
Jun 1, 10:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Montgomery	48 min
Jun 1, 10:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	44 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.