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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 23, 1998Daviess County, Martin County, Indiana

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 1998-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe34 min
May 23, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.