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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 13, 1998Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1998, 12:33 AM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 62 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
May 13, 1998, 12:33 AM EST (05:33 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1998, 1:35 AM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 12:40 AM ESTHail 0.75Dana, 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 1998-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1906 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1906 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

953 
WUUS1 KIND 130534 RRA
SVRIND
INC121-165-130635-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1233 AM EST WED MAY 13 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
  VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 135 AM EST

* AT 1230 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON OR 7 MILES
  WEST OF DANA MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DANA                 AROUND 1240 AM EST
  NEWPORT              AROUND 1250 AM EST
  MONTEZUMA            AROUND 1255 AM EST

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

DS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:02 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery48 min
May 13, 3:05 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Hendricks35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.