Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1998, 1:32 AM EST for Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 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
- May 23, 1998, 1:32 AM EST (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1998, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Daviess County, IN, Martin County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
941 WUUS1 KIND 230634 RRA SVRIND INC027-101-230715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 132 AM EST SAT MAY 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA * UNTIL 215 AM EST * AT 130 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES NEAR PLAINVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RAGLESVILLE AT 140 AM DOVER HILL AT 200 AM SHOALS AT 205 AM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS ZIMMERMAN
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 22, 10:11 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
INZ030-038-039-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1011 PM EST FRI MAY 22 1998 INZ030-038-039-230400- AT 950 PM EST THE STATE POLICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG THE TIPTON AND CLINTON COUNTY LINE WHICH IS ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS MOVED INTO NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY. IT WILL MOVE NEAR MORSE RESERVOIR BY 1030 PM. IT MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. HAINES
Special weather statement, May 22, 10:11 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
INZ030-038-039-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1011 PM EST FRI MAY 22 1998 INZ030-038-039-230400- AT 950 PM EST THE STATE POLICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG THE TIPTON AND CLINTON COUNTY LINE WHICH IS ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS MOVED INTO NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY. IT WILL MOVE NEAR MORSE RESERVOIR BY 1030 PM. IT MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. HAINES
Special weather statement, May 22, 10:40 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
INZ039-040-048-057-230430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1040 PM EST FRI MAY 22 1998 AT 1025 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED SOME MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT WESTFIELD AND PEA SIZE HAIL AT NOBLESVILLE. THIS STORM HAS DECREASED IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVED EAST SOUTH EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO RUSH COPUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES JUST NORTH OF RUSHVILLE BY 11PM. HAINES
Special weather statement, May 22, 10:40 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
INZ039-040-048-057-230430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1040 PM EST FRI MAY 22 1998 AT 1025 PM EST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED SOME MARBLE SIZED HAIL AT WESTFIELD AND PEA SIZE HAIL AT NOBLESVILLE. THIS STORM HAS DECREASED IN STRENGTH AS IT MOVED EAST SOUTH EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO RUSH COPUNTY ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES JUST NORTH OF RUSHVILLE BY 11PM. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 34 min |
| May 23, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.