Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1998, 2:02 AM EST for Montgomery County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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, 2:02 AM EST (07:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1998, 2:50 AM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:15 AM EST | Hail 1.75 | New Market, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
272 WUUS1 KIND 130703 RRA SVRIND INC107-130750- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 202 AM EST WED MAY 13 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 250 AM EST * AT 200 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE OR 7 MILES WEST OF NEW MARKET MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CRAWFORDSVILLE AROUND 220 AM EST NEW ROSS AROUND 235 AM EST DARLINGTON AROUND 235 AM EST DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 62 min |
| May 13, 3:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 35 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.