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Tornado Watch 356

June 1, 199911 counties in Illinois; 46 counties in Indiana; 16 counties in Michigan

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 1, 1999, 8:45 PM CDT for 11 counties in Illinois; 46 counties in Indiana; 16 counties in Michigan. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1999, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1999, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties

Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cook County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Benton County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clay County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Elkhart County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, LaGrange County, IN, Lake County, IN, LaPorte County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Newton County, IN, Noble County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Porter County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN, Starke County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Cass County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Kalamazoo County, MI, Kent County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Muskegon County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Saint Joseph County, MI, Van Buren County, MI

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

23 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas59 min
Jun 1, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion47 min
Jun 1, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland32 min
Jun 1, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXJasper75 min
Jun 1, 9:32 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark43 min
Jun 1, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCrawford, Jasper49 min
Jun 1, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion34 min
Jun 1, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo39 min
Jun 1, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke23 min
Jun 1, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningINDFountain49 min
Jun 1, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay30 min
Jun 1, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte, Pulaski, Starke49 min
Jun 1, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWhite49 min
Jun 1, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen, Putnam48 min
Jun 1, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery48 min
Jun 1, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Marshall49 min
Jun 1, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko47 min
Jun 1, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart48 min
Jun 1, 11:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXColes4 hr
Jun 1, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBerrien32 min
Jun 2, 12:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCumberland4 hr
Jun 2, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRRAllegan37 min
Jun 2, 1:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCrawford, Lawrence, Richland3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1999-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1999-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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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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.