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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN

May 23, 1998Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at May 23, 1998, 8:16 PM EST for Daviess County, Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 8:16 PM EST (01:16 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1998, 8:50 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, IN, Knox County, IN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 23, 7:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 1998-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 213 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 1998-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 240116 RRA
TORIND
INC027-083-240150-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
816 PM EST SAT MAY 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
  KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA

* UNTIL 850 PM EST

* AT 813 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
  SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  WASHINGTON OR 2 MILES WEST OF WHEATLAND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BICKNELL             AROUND 820 PM EST
  WASHINGTON           AROUND 835 PM EST

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOxWEST FLOOR!

JAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene30 min
May 24, 3:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDOwen46 min
May 24, 4:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Clinton34 min
May 24, 6:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton31 min
May 24, 2:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson, Shelby32 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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.