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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 17, 1988Elkhart County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 17, 1988, 3:12 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 1988, 3:12 PM EST (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 17, 1988, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

County Elkhart County, IN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 11:40 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 17, 12:24 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 17, 3:08 PM EST, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 16, 7:00 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Elkhart	31 min
Oct 17, 2:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Parke, Vermillion	53 min
Oct 17, 2:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Tippecanoe	21 min
Oct 17, 3:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	LaPorte	59 min
Oct 17, 4:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Saint Joseph	47 min
Oct 17, 3:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Cass	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1988 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.