Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 1998, 5:48 PM EST for Henry County, Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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, 5:48 PM EST (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 1998, 6:20 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henry County, IN, Randolph County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 6:01 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Middletown, IN | Thunderstorm winds blew down barn in Blountsville and tree in Middletown. |
| Aug 24, 6:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Farmland, IN | Trees and power lines 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 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 |
| Aug 24, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 242248 RRA SVRIND INC065-135-242320- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 548 PM EST MON AUG 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HENRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 620 PM EST * AT 545 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST EDGE OF MUNCIE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROGERSVILLE AT 555 PM EST NEW CASTLE AT 600 PM EST NEW LIBSON AT 610 PM EST FARMLAND AT 550 PM EST WINCHESTER AT 600 PM EST UNION ^CITY AT 610 PM EST DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! JTC/SE
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, 5:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 34 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, 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
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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.