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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 22, 1998Shelby County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1998, 5:50 PM EST for Shelby County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 22, 1998, 5:50 PM EST (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1998, 6:35 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Shelby County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 22, 6:05 PM ESTThunderstorm WindMarietta, INThunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

189 
WUUS1 KIND 222249 RRA
SVRIND
INC145-222335-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
550 PM EST WED APR 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 635 PM EST

* AT 550 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FENNS...5 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE....
  MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH..

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEAR SMITHLAND BY 555 PM EST AND BENGAL BY 610 PM EST.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

TMA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 5:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDShelby30 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.