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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 9:07 PM EST for Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 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 28, 1998, 9:07 PM EST (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1998, 10:10 PM EST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Owen County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:08 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Spencer, IN | Trees blown down. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 3145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 290207 RRA SVRIND INC119-290310- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 907 PM EST SUN JUN 28 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1010 PM EST * AT 905 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON OR 6 MILES WEST OF SPENCER MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. *LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SPENCER VANDALIA * PLEASE TAKE COVER IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA. DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM W~INDOWS! DS/JK
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
Local storm report, Jun 28, 7:46 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
655 PM EST JUN 28 1998
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT...
DATE ....COUNTY LOCATION.... ...REMARKS...
650 PM FREEDOM IN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OBSERVED
06/28/98 OWEN AND REPORTED BY A OWEN
COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF.
RKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 7:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 8:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 8:44 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Vigo | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 10:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 12:54 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Owen | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion, Warren | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Parke | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 34 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.