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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 6:20 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 65 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 29, 1998, 6:20 PM EST (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1998, 7:25 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
276 WUUS1 KIND 292321 RRA SVRIND INC135-300025- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 620 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 725 PM EST * AT 619 PM EST...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DELAWARE COUNTY SHERIFF/S OFFICIALS REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN IN NORTHEAST DELAWARE COUNTY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FARMLAND BY 630 PM EST WINCHESTER BY 645 PM EST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, 2:35 PM EST, 3 hours 45 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, 3 hours 45 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, 4:37 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020>050-057>059-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 437 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8PM 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM RENSSELAER TO MUNCIE. CONLEY
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:37 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020>050-057>059-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 437 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8PM 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM RENSSELAER TO MUNCIE. CONLEY
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:54 PM EST, 26 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020>050-057>059-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 554 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8PM 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA MAINLY IN A RECTANGLE WITH RENSSELAER... LAFAYETTE... FORT WAYNE... AND MUNCIE AS ITS CORNERS. CONLEY
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:54 PM EST, 26 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020>050-057>059-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 554 PM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8PM EST... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 8PM 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. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA MAINLY IN A RECTANGLE WITH RENSSELAER... LAFAYETTE... FORT WAYNE... AND MUNCIE AS ITS CORNERS. CONLEY
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, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 32 min |
| May 29, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.