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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 28, 1998Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1998, 10:12 PM EST for Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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
Jun 28, 1998, 10:12 PM EST (03:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1998, 11:00 PM EST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Owen County, IN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 10:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3145 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 290312 RRA
SVRIND
INC119-290400-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1012 PM EST SUN JUN 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1100 PM EST

* AT 1008 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF COAL CITY...10 MILES WEST OF
  SPENCER... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ARNEY
  FREEDOM
  POTTERSVILLE

DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING... AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DONT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERER WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

JK/DS

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, 2 hours 26 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.

RK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan34 min
Jun 28, 7:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen33 min
Jun 28, 8:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen34 min
Jun 28, 8:44 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDOwen4 hr
Jun 28, 9:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen63 min
Jun 28, 9:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Vigo45 min
Jun 29, 12:54 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDOwen8 hr
Jun 29, 6:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion, Warren50 min
Jun 29, 6:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Parke51 min
Jun 29, 6:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo51 min
Jun 29, 6:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.