Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 3:08 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. 3 reports 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 29, 1998, 3:08 PM EST (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1998, 3:40 PM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Delaware County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 29, 3:12 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Eaton, IN | |
| May 29, 3:17 PM EST | Hail 2 | Eaton, IN | |
| May 29, 3:36 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Eaton, IN | Several trees blown down. One fell on mobile home. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
774 WUUS1 KIND 292010 RRA SVRIND INC035-292040- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 308 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 340 PM EST * AT 305 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE NEAR EATON... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRANDEVILLE BY 325 PM EST ALBANY BY 335 PM EST DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING... PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. CONLEY
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 29, 2:32 PM EST, 36 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020>050-057>059-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 232 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... FORT WAYNE...ANDERSON...LAFAYETTE...AND KOKOMO. AT 225 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SH/JS
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:32 PM EST, 36 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020>050-057>059-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 232 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... FORT WAYNE...ANDERSON...LAFAYETTE...AND KOKOMO. AT 225 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SH/JS
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:35 PM EST, 33 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020>050-057>059-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 235 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... FORT WAYNE...ANDERSON...LAFAYETTE...AND KOKOMO. AT 230 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER AND AND LARGE HAIL THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SH/JS
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:35 PM EST, 33 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020>050-057>059-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 235 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM THIS EVENING. THE WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... FORT WAYNE...ANDERSON...LAFAYETTE...AND KOKOMO. AT 230 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER AND AND LARGE HAIL THREE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SH/JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 49 min |
| May 29, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 65 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.