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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 28, 1998Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1998, 2:54 AM EST for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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
Mar 28, 1998, 2:54 AM EST (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1998, 3:30 AM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 2:00 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 1998-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 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.

632 
WUUS1 KIND 280755 RRA
SVRIND
INC027-083-280830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
254 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
 
   ...DAVIESS COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY
 
AT 250 AM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR
VINCENNES AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM ARE BICKNELL...PLAINVILLE AND ODON.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
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 WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
RPG

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.