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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Northern Indiana

April 9, 1999Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1999, 3:01 AM EST for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 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
Apr 9, 1999, 3:01 AM EST (08:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1999, 3:50 AM EST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Allen County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 00:00Z on 1999-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 250 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 00:00Z on 1999-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 9, 1:15 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:15 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 11:25 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
INZ020-022>027-032>034-090900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1125 PM EST THU APR 8 1999

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 4 AM EST.

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INDIANA COUNTIES...

WHITE...CASS...MIAMI...WABASH...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...WELLS...
BLACKFORD...ADAMS AND JAY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE LOGANSPORT...WABASH...
MARION...HUNTINGTON...PERU
AND BLUFFTON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION OR LOCAL RADIO
AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 11:25 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
INZ020-022>027-032>034-090900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1125 PM EST THU APR 8 1999

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF NORTHERN INDIANA
UNTIL 4 AM EST.

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INDIANA COUNTIES...

WHITE...CASS...MIAMI...WABASH...GRANT...HUNTINGTON...WELLS...
BLACKFORD...ADAMS AND JAY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE LOGANSPORT...WABASH...
MARION...HUNTINGTON...PERU
AND BLUFFTON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION OR LOCAL RADIO
AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

BARJENBRUCH
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 2:59 AM EST, 2 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 12:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami49 min
Apr 9, 8:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay31 min
Apr 9, 9:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.