Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 8:29 PM EST for Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 9:05 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rush County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
218 WUUS1 KIND 090128 RRA SVRIND INC139-090205- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 829 PM EST WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 905 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL INDIANA ...RUSH COUNTY AT 825 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF RUSHVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT RALEIGH... SEXTON AND GINGS. 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. LASHLEY &
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, Apr 8, 2:45 PM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-065-066-072>075-080-082045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 245 PM EST WED APR 8 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 600 PM EST HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN THE WATCH AREA...BUT WERE MAINLY SOUTH OF INDIANA. THEREFORE...THE PART OF THE WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ANY FURTHER CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TO THE SOUTH OR EAST OF THE HOOSIER STATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN INDIANA...HOWEVER...SEVER STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. CONLEY
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 2:45 PM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-065-066-072>075-080-082045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 245 PM EST WED APR 8 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 600 PM EST HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN THE WATCH AREA...BUT WERE MAINLY SOUTH OF INDIANA. THEREFORE...THE PART OF THE WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ANY FURTHER CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE TO THE SOUTH OR EAST OF THE HOOSIER STATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN INDIANA...HOWEVER...SEVER STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. CONLEY
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 7:17 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
INZ071-072-090100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 717 PM EST WED APR 8 1998 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JACKSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 715PM EST. THE STORM IN JACKSON COUNTY WEAKENED AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED LARGE HAIL AT SPARKSVILLE AND MEDORA AT 645 PM BUT DID NOT INDICATE AN EXACT SIZE. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN JENNINGS COUNTY. FROM 730PM TO 830PM NORTH VERNON...BREWERSVILLE AND QUEENSVILLE BY EXPERIENCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 9:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 32 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.