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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 29, 1998Daviess County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1998, 8:01 PM EST for Daviess County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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
Jun 29, 1998, 8:01 PM EST (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 8:35 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Daviess County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 8:10 PM ESTThunderstorm WindCountywide, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 289 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2226 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1384 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 300101 RRA
TORIND
INC027-300135-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
801 PM EST MON JUN 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 835 PM EST

* AT 758 PM EST... SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  VINCENNES AT EDWARDSPORT... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PLAINVILLE BY 810 PM
  EPSOM BY 815 PM EST

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND! GO TO THE BASEMENT! IF A BASEMENT IS
NOT AVAILABLE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!

LC


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Putnam34 min
Jun 29, 7:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery34 min
Jun 29, 7:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVermillion33 min
Jun 29, 7:15 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClay, Owen3 hr
Jun 29, 7:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks33 min
Jun 29, 7:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery31 min
Jun 29, 7:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarion47 min
Jun 29, 7:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene32 min
Jun 29, 8:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson51 min
Jun 29, 8:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Shelby47 min
Jun 29, 8:22 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence33 min
Jun 29, 8:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew36 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings45 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLawrence45 min
Jun 29, 8:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson, Jennings49 min
Jun 29, 8:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur49 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.