Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1998, 5:16 PM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 4 reports 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
- Aug 24, 1998, 5:16 PM EST (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 1998, 5:50 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 5:16 PM EST | Hail 1 | Frankton, IN | |
| Aug 24, 5:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie, IN | Sixteen inch diameter tree blown down. |
| Aug 24, 5:43 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Cowan, IN | Several large trees blown down. |
| Aug 24, 5:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Anderson, IN | Trailer roof torn off by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 242216 RRA SVRIND INC035-095-242250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 516 PM EST MON AUG 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA MADISON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 550 PM EST * AT AT 515 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALEXANDRIA AT 520 PM EST ANDERSON AT 515 PM EST MUNCIE AT 530 PM EST DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BU"ILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! DO NOT TOUCH DOWNED OR BROKEN POWER LINES. DO NOT HANDLE LIVE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT IN WET AREAS. REPORT BROKEN UTILITY LINES TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. JEH
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, Aug 24, 11:20 AM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>075-080-251000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 AM EST MON AUG 24 1998 THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL IOWA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THIS FRONT LAST NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MARCH EAST INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AREAS BY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE ORIGINAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AS YET ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO INDIANA. THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS MAY YIELD SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TOO. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EDDY
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 11:20 AM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
INZ021-028>031-035>075-080-251000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 AM EST MON AUG 24 1998 THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL IOWA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THIS FRONT LAST NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATE THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MARCH EAST INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AREAS BY EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE ORIGINAL THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE AS YET ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO INDIANA. THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS MAY YIELD SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TOO. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EDDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 16 min |
| Aug 24, 5:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 5:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 5:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 5:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Randolph | 32 min |
| Aug 24, 6:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 6:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.