Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 3:52 PM EST for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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 31, 1998, 3:52 PM EST (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1998, 4:40 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Daviess County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 4:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Montgomery, IN | |
| May 31, 4:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannelburg, IN |
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 31, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 3079 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.7
- Supercell composite
- 29.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 312052 SVRIND INC027-312140- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 352 PM EST SUN MAY 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA * UNTIL 440 PM EST * AT 347 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BICKNELL INDIANA OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES... MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PLAINVILLE AT 358 PM EST WASHINGTON AT 400 PM EST ODON AT 408 PM EST CANNELBURG AT 415 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE REPORTS OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BRUCEVILLE IN KNOX COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! BP &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 45 min |
| May 31, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 49 min |
| May 31, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 34 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 47 min |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 36 min |
| May 31, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 34 min |
| May 31, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 20 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 34 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.