Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1998, 5:24 PM EST for Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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 19, 1998, 5:24 PM EST (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1998, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vermillion County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 19, 5:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Rileysburg, 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1768 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
119 WUUS1 KIND 192225 RRA SVRIND INC165-192300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 524 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 600 PM EST * AT 525 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR RANDALL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HILLSDALE AT 535 PM NEWPORT AT 535 PM THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 1:31 PM EST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
INZ001>004-010>015-019>023-028>031-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 131 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998 IN INDIANA...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST...AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO KOKOMO AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KOKOMO TO SOUTH BEND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE GARY...SOUTH BEND...RENSSELAER... LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...KOKOMO AND FRANKFORT. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 19, 3:29 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
INZ001>004-010>015-019>023-028>031-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 329 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST/CDT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO KOKOMO AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KOKOMO TO SOUTH BEND. THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST INDIANA...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. AT 327 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR FOWLER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 39 min |
| May 19, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vermillion | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.