Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 8:08 PM EST for Hancock County, Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 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 29, 1998, 8:08 PM EST (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 8:55 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, IN, Shelby County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Fountaintown, IN |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 300108 RRA SVRIND INC059-145-300155- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 808 PM EST MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HANCOCK COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 855 PM EST * AT 806 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW PALESTINE BY 815 PM EST CARROLLTON BY 820 PM EST EXPECT WINDS NEAR 60 MPH WITH THIS STORM. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWDS! A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. CONLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Putnam | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 7:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clay, Owen | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 7:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 7:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 8:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 8:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 8:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Lawrence | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 8:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 8:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 49 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.