Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 5:20 AM EST for Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 28, 1998, 5:20 AM EST (10:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1998, 5:50 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, IN, Wayne County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
367 WUUS01 KILN 281021 RRA SVRILN INC041-177-281050- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 520 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON OH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 550 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA ...FAYETTE COUNTY ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 520 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR NEW CASTLE TO RUSHVILLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL TRACK ACROSS CONNERSVILLE AND RICHMOND. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WHICH DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THIS STORM MOVES OVERHEAD. RANDALL
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 28, 2:30 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:30 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 230 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR FAYETTE/WAYNE COUNTIES IN E CNTL IN TIL 6 AM. BAND OF RAIN/ISOLD TSTMS PUSHING TWD NE ACRS W/CNTL IN...WITH LN OF STRONG/SVR TSTMS ON S END OF PCPN BAND PUSHING TWD NE THRU XTRM SE IL. TSTMS SHUD WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS THEY PUSH INTO W CWA COUNTIES BY DAYBREAK AS STRONGEST FORCING FROM MID/UPR LVL SHTWV APPRS AIMED JUST W/NW OF CWA. AREA NOT OUTLOOKED FOR SVR FOR DAY 1...BUT GIVEN STRONG WIND FIELDS STILL CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLD SVR ACRS W...ESP DAY-RICH- WAPAK...THIS AM. OTHERWISE...POPS (SHRA/TSRA) TDA CATEGORICAL NW...AT LEAST LIKELY (70%) DAY-RICH...LIKELY (60%) CMH VCNTY...50-60% CVG VCNTY AND 30-40% PRT/ NE KY. PCPN SHUD PUSH OUT OF W COUNTIES BY ARND NOON/EARLY AFTN AND OUT OF E COUNTIES BY MID/LATE AFTN. THEN...CLDS MAY BREAK FOR SOME SS THIS AFTN...ESP ACRS W. ALSO...WL BE WINDY (SW 20-30 MPH) ACRS REGION TDA. TMPS WL FALL INTO 50S WHEN PCPN BEGINS THIS AM...ESP W/CNTL COUNTIES...THEN TMPS SHUD RECOVER NICELY THIS AFTN...A BIT COOLER THAN WAS CASE FRI BUT STILL WELL ABV NORMAL. TONIGHT...SFC BNDRY WL SAG INTO OR JUST TO N OF N OH. MDL QPF SUGGESTS SOME LINGERING PCPN ACRS E SECTIONS...ESP INVOF CMH...BUT MSTR LIMITED AND FORCING ABSENT...SO PREFER TO LV CWA DRY THRU NITE. SUN...SFC BNDRY PUSHED BACK TWD N AS WAA REDEVELOPS. MID/UPR RDG WL BUILD BACK INTO REGION. HOWEVER...MDLS SHOW INCR IN MEAN RH IN SW/NE AXIS ON PERIPHERY OF RDG DURG DAY. BY 48 HRS...ALL MDLS SHOW ISENTROPIC LIFT AND QPF ACRS REGION...ALTHO LOCATIONS OF QPF DIFFER. NGM MOS POPS BLO CHC CAT...AND FOR NOW PREFER LEAVING FCSTS DRY...BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED WITH LATER PACKAGES. XPCT P/M CLOUDY SKIES...BUT WL STILL FAVOR WARMER NGM MOS TMPS. SHUD BE BREEZY...ESP N/W. CVG 73/58/80 612 DAY 71/57/79 712 CMH 74/55/80 722 AXV 70/51/78 922 PRT 83/56/85 411 ROWLEY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 1:58 AM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
INZ050-058-281100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 158 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE WHITEWATER VALLEY UNTIL 6 AM EST... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR WAYNE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES IN THE WHITEWATER VALLEY OF INDIANA UNTIL 6 AM EST. CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CONNERSVILLE AND RICHMOND. AT 155 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PUSH INTO THE WHITEWATER VALLEY BETWEEN 5 AM AND 6 AM THIS MORNING AND COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOS. IF YOU LOCATED WITHIN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ROWLEY
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 4:10 AM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZ050-058-281100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 410 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN INDIANA COUNTIES OF FAYETTE AND WAYNE UNTIL 6 AM EST... AT 405 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH INTO FAYETTE AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN THE WHITEWATER VALLEY OF EASTERN INDIANA BETWEEN 530 AM AND 6 AM EST. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOS WITHIN AND NEAR THESE COUNTIES. AS A RESULT...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WAYNE AND FAYETTE COUNTIES IN EASTERN INDIANA UNTIL 6 AM EST. CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CONNERSVILLE AND RICHMOND. IF YOU LOCATED WITHIN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ROWLEY
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.