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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Northern Indiana

July 22, 1998Allen County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1998, 3:31 AM EST for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1998, 3:31 AM EST (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1998, 7:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Allen County, IN

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1651 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
1651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFWA 220839
FFWFWA
INC003-221130-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
331 AM EST WED JUL 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
  ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA

* UNTIL 700 AM EST

* HIGH WATER CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE FT WAYNE AREA
  WITH MANY STREETS AND UNDERPASSES FLOODING. WATER SEVERAL FEET
  DEEP WAS REPORTED ALONG COVINGTON ROAD AND 31 INTERSECTIONS WERE
  FLOODED AROUND MIDNIGHT.

PEOPLE IN FT WAYNE SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THIS MORNING... DO NOT
DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS!

JAH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 22, 1:58 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:58 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
158 AM EST WED JUL 22 1998

06Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW STUCK WHERE ITS AT.
KIWX RADAR SHOWING DEEP CONVERGENCE ZONE UP TO 20K FT WITH 80KTS OF
CONVERGENCE.  A PLETHORA OF TVS ALERTS DRIVING US CRAZY.

IR SHOWING MBE CLUSTER ANCHORED ACRS FULTON INTO WABASH COUNTIES.
SOME SOUTHWARD DRIFT IN THE LINE NOTED FROM HUNTINGTON TO DECATUR
BUT ENTIRE BNDRY LIGHTING UP FROM DVN TO N OF LAF. 3HR DOPPLER
ESTIMATES UP TO 6 INCHES IN N WABASH AND HUNTINGTON CO WITH SERIOUS
ONGOING FLASH FLOODING.  NEW DEVELOPMENT WEST SHOULD HELP TO
REINFORCE PRESENT OUTFLOW LATER THIS AM.

00Z GUIDANCE SHOWING REPEAT PERFORMANCE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING.
APPROACH OF UPR TROUGH...RR EXIT REGION OF 100 KT JET AND LEFT
OVER OUTFLOW BNDRY WILL FIRE STORMS AGAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON.
SVR LIKELY ONCE AGAIN BASED UPON PROGGED INSTABILITY AND INCREASING
WESTERLY MID LVL WIND FIELD FROM THE WEST. BEST THREAT APPEARS ACRS
IN AND OH BUT BNDRY COULD SHIFT NORTH SOME THIS AFTERNOON.

GUIDANCE TEMPS CLOSE AND ACCEPTED.

SBN 085/066 080/057 076 66++5
FWA 086/067 081/059 078 66++6
AOH 088/069 082/060 079 66++6

.IWX...RECOMMEND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 FOR
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

TEH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:18 PM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1118 PM EST TUE JUL 21 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0842 PM    WARSAW                    IN    75 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0900 PM    HICKSVILLE                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   DEFIANCE                        TREES DOWN

0950 PM    PERU                      IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1000 PM    DENVER                    IN    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1009 PM    MIDDLE PT                 OH    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   VAN WERT

1010 PM    MONROE                    IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ADAMS

1013 PM    1 N MEXICO                IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1100 PM    5 N WARSAW                IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREE FELL ON BUILDING
t
1100 PM    ALBION                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   NOBLE                           TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY
Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:18 PM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1118 PM EST TUE JUL 21 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0842 PM    WARSAW                    IN    75 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0900 PM    HICKSVILLE                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   DEFIANCE                        TREES DOWN

0950 PM    PERU                      IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1000 PM    DENVER                    IN    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1009 PM    MIDDLE PT                 OH    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   VAN WERT

1010 PM    MONROE                    IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ADAMS

1013 PM    1 N MEXICO                IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1100 PM    5 N WARSAW                IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREE FELL ON BUILDING
t
1100 PM    ALBION                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   NOBLE                           TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY
Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:45 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1145 PM EST TUE JUL 21 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN"

0435 PM    5 ESE COLDWATER           MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN"

0435 PM    LITCHFIELD                MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   HILLSDALE                       TREES DOWN"

0636 PM    CENTREVILLE               MI    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       "

0636 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BRANCH                          "

0702 PM    GRANGER                   IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORT"

0710 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         SHERIFF REPORT"

0710 PM    SAWYER                    MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         SHERIFF REPORT"

0713 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY"

0730 PM    MISHAWAKA                 IN    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SPOTTER REPORT"

0730 PM    SOUTH BEND                IN    70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SEVERAL REPORTS OF 70
                                           MPH WINDS"

0730 PM    NEW CARLISLE              IN    72 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SEVERAL REPORTS OF 70
                                           MPH WINDS"

0755 PM    SHIPSHEWANA               IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   LAGRANGE                        SPOTTER REPORT"

0810 PM    SYRACUSE                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREES DOWN"

0810 PM    WARSAW                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE"

0815 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         "

0815 PM    FREMONT                   IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35
                                           MINUTES"

0815 PM    HAMILTON                  IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           40 MINUTES"

0815 PM    ASHLEY                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
                                           DOWN"

0815 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN"

0815 PM    BUCHANON                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREE FELL ON A HOUSE"

0815 PM    GOSHEN                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   ELKHART                         SIDING RIPPED OFF
                                           HOUSES...NUMEROUS TREES
                                           AND POWER LINES DOWN"

0815 PM    MONTPELIER                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   WILLIAMS                        TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY"

0815 PM    SAWYER                    MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREE FELL ON A HOUSE"

0820 PM    ANGOLA                    IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IN
                                           5 MINUTES...ONE INCH OF
                                           RAIN IN 15 MINUTES"

0825 PM    FREMONT                   IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           35 MINUTES"

0840 PM    WATERLOO                  IN    65 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   DEKALB                          "

0842 PM    WARSAW                    IN    75 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN"

0850 PM    ANGOLA                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
                                           DOWN"

0855 PM    PLYMOUTH                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   MARSHALL                        2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           40 MINUTES"

0900 PM    ROCHESTER                 IN    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   FULTON                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN"

0900 PM    HICKSVILLE                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   DEFIANCE                        TREES DOWN"

0950 PM    PERU                      IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI                           "

1000 PM    DENVER                    IN    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI                           "

1009 PM    MIDDLE PT                 OH    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   VAN                             "

1010 PM    MONROE                    IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ADAMS                           "

1013 PM    1 N MEXICO                IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI                           "

1100 PM    5 N WARSAW                IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREE FELL ON BUILDING"

1100 PM    ALBION                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   NOBLE                           TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY"
Local storm report, Jul 21, 11:45 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1145 PM EST TUE JUL 21 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN"

0435 PM    5 ESE COLDWATER           MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN"

0435 PM    LITCHFIELD                MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   HILLSDALE                       TREES DOWN"

0636 PM    CENTREVILLE               MI    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       "

0636 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BRANCH                          "

0702 PM    GRANGER                   IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORT"

0710 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         SHERIFF REPORT"

0710 PM    SAWYER                    MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         SHERIFF REPORT"

0713 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY"

0730 PM    MISHAWAKA                 IN    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SPOTTER REPORT"

0730 PM    SOUTH BEND                IN    70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SEVERAL REPORTS OF 70
                                           MPH WINDS"

0730 PM    NEW CARLISLE              IN    72 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SEVERAL REPORTS OF 70
                                           MPH WINDS"

0755 PM    SHIPSHEWANA               IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   LAGRANGE                        SPOTTER REPORT"

0810 PM    SYRACUSE                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREES DOWN"

0810 PM    WARSAW                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE"

0815 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         "

0815 PM    FREMONT                   IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35
                                           MINUTES"

0815 PM    HAMILTON                  IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           40 MINUTES"

0815 PM    ASHLEY                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
                                           DOWN"

0815 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN"

0815 PM    BUCHANON                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREE FELL ON A HOUSE"

0815 PM    GOSHEN                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   ELKHART                         SIDING RIPPED OFF
                                           HOUSES...NUMEROUS TREES
                                           AND POWER LINES DOWN"

0815 PM    MONTPELIER                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   WILLIAMS                        TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY"

0815 PM    SAWYER                    MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREE FELL ON A HOUSE"

0820 PM    ANGOLA                    IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IN
                                           5 MINUTES...ONE INCH OF
                                           RAIN IN 15 MINUTES"

0825 PM    FREMONT                   IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           35 MINUTES"

0840 PM    WATERLOO                  IN    65 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   DEKALB                          "

0842 PM    WARSAW                    IN    75 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN"

0850 PM    ANGOLA                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
                                           DOWN"

0855 PM    PLYMOUTH                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   MARSHALL                        2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           40 MINUTES"

0900 PM    ROCHESTER                 IN    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   FULTON                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN"

0900 PM    HICKSVILLE                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   DEFIANCE                        TREES DOWN"

0950 PM    PERU                      IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI                           "

1000 PM    DENVER                    IN    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI                           "

1009 PM    MIDDLE PT                 OH    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   VAN                             "

1010 PM    MONROE                    IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ADAMS                           "

1013 PM    1 N MEXICO                IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI                           "

1100 PM    5 N WARSAW                IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREE FELL ON BUILDING"

1100 PM    ALBION                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   NOBLE                           TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY"
Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:41 AM EST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
241 AM EST WED JUL 22 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN

0435 PM    5 ESE COLDWATER           MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BRANCH                          WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE
                                           WITH NUMEROUS POWER
                                           LINES DOWN

0435 PM    LITCHFIELD                MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   HILLSDALE                       STATE ROAD 13 AND 114
                                           EAST UNDER WATER

0636 PM    CENTREVILLE               MI    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       BASEMENTS FLOODED IN
                                           THE BELLVUE ADDITION

0636 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BRANCH

0702 PM    GRANGER                   IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORT

0710 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         SHERIFF REPORT

0710 PM    SAWYER                    MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         SHERIFF REPORT

0713 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY

0730 PM    MISHAWAKA                 IN    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SPOTTER REPORT

0730 PM    SOUTH BEND                IN    70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SEVERAL REPORTS OF 70
                                           MPH WINDS

0730 PM    NEW CARLISLE              IN    72 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SEVERAL REPORTS OF 70
                                           MPH WINDS

0755 PM    SHIPSHEWANA               IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   LAGRANGE                        SPOTTER REPORT

0810 PM    SYRACUSE                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREES DOWN

0810 PM    WARSAW                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE

0815 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN

0815 PM    FREMONT                   IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35
                                           MINUTES

0815 PM    HAMILTON                  IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           40 MINUTES

0815 PM    ASHLEY                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
                                           DOWN

0815 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN

0815 PM    BUCHANON                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREE FELL ON A HOUSE

0815 PM    GOSHEN                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   ELKHART                         SIDING RIPPED OFF
                                           HOUSES...NUMEROUS TREES
                                           AND POWER LINES DOWN

0815 PM    MONTPELIER                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   WILLIAMS                        TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY

0815 PM    SAWYER                    MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREE FELL ON A HOUSE

0820 PM    ANGOLA                    IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IN
                                           5 MINUTES...ONE INCH OF
                                           RAIN IN 15 MINUTES

0825 PM    FREMONT                   IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           35 MINUTES

0840 PM    WATERLOO                  IN    65 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   DEKALB

0835 PM    5 N WARSAW                IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREE FELL ON BUILDING

0842 PM    WARSAW                    IN    75 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0850 PM    ANGOLA                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
                                           DOWN

0855 PM    PLYMOUTH                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   MARSHALL                        2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           40 MINUTES

0900 PM    ROCHESTER                 IN    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   FULTON                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN

0900 PM    HICKSVILLE                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   DEFIANCE                        TREES DOWN

0950 PM    PERU                      IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1000 PM    DENVER                    IN    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1009 PM    MIDDLE PT                 OH    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   VAN

1010 PM    MONROE                    IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ADAMS

1013 PM    1 N MEXICO                IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1100 PM    ALBION                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   NOBLE                           TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY

0125 AM    HUNTINGTON                IN    FLOOD
07/22/98   HUNTINGTON                      BASEMENTS FLOODED IN
                                           THE BELLVUE ADDITION

0125 AM    NORTH MANCHESTER          IN    FLOOD
07/22/98   WABASH                          STATE ROAD 13 AND 114
                                           EAST UNDER WATER

1030 PM    WABASH                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   WABASH                          WIDESxPREAD TREE DAMAGE
                                           WITH NUMEROUS POWER
                                           LINES DOWN
Local storm report, Jul 22, 2:41 AM EST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
241 AM EST WED JUL 22 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0425 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN

0435 PM    5 ESE COLDWATER           MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BRANCH                          WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE
                                           WITH NUMEROUS POWER
                                           LINES DOWN

0435 PM    LITCHFIELD                MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   HILLSDALE                       STATE ROAD 13 AND 114
                                           EAST UNDER WATER

0636 PM    CENTREVILLE               MI    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       BASEMENTS FLOODED IN
                                           THE BELLVUE ADDITION

0636 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BRANCH

0702 PM    GRANGER                   IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORT

0710 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         SHERIFF REPORT

0710 PM    SAWYER                    MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         SHERIFF REPORT

0713 PM    COLDWATER                 MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BRANCH                          TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY

0730 PM    MISHAWAKA                 IN    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SPOTTER REPORT

0730 PM    SOUTH BEND                IN    70 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SEVERAL REPORTS OF 70
                                           MPH WINDS

0730 PM    NEW CARLISLE              IN    72 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   ST.JOSEPH                       SEVERAL REPORTS OF 70
                                           MPH WINDS

0755 PM    SHIPSHEWANA               IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   LAGRANGE                        SPOTTER REPORT

0810 PM    SYRACUSE                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREES DOWN

0810 PM    WARSAW                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE

0815 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   BERRIEN

0815 PM    FREMONT                   IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35
                                           MINUTES

0815 PM    HAMILTON                  IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           40 MINUTES

0815 PM    ASHLEY                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
                                           DOWN

0815 PM    BRIDGMAN                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN

0815 PM    BUCHANON                  MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREE FELL ON A HOUSE

0815 PM    GOSHEN                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   ELKHART                         SIDING RIPPED OFF
                                           HOUSES...NUMEROUS TREES
                                           AND POWER LINES DOWN

0815 PM    MONTPELIER                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   WILLIAMS                        TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY

0815 PM    SAWYER                    MI    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   BERRIEN                         TREE FELL ON A HOUSE

0820 PM    ANGOLA                    IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IN
                                           5 MINUTES...ONE INCH OF
                                           RAIN IN 15 MINUTES

0825 PM    FREMONT                   IN    FLOOD
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           35 MINUTES

0840 PM    WATERLOO                  IN    65 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   DEKALB

0835 PM    5 N WARSAW                IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       TREE FELL ON BUILDING

0842 PM    WARSAW                    IN    75 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   KOSCIUSKO                       NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0850 PM    ANGOLA                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   STEUBEN                         TREES AND LARGE LIMBS
                                           DOWN

0855 PM    PLYMOUTH                  IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   MARSHALL                        2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN
                                           40 MINUTES

0900 PM    ROCHESTER                 IN    60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/21/98   FULTON                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                           DOWN

0900 PM    HICKSVILLE                OH    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   DEFIANCE                        TREES DOWN

0950 PM    PERU                      IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1000 PM    DENVER                    IN    1.75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1009 PM    MIDDLE PT                 OH    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   VAN

1010 PM    MONROE                    IN    .75 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   ADAMS

1013 PM    1 N MEXICO                IN    .88 INCH HAIL
07/21/98   MIAMI

1100 PM    ALBION                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   NOBLE                           TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
                                           THE COUNTY

0125 AM    HUNTINGTON                IN    FLOOD
07/22/98   HUNTINGTON                      BASEMENTS FLOODED IN
                                           THE BELLVUE ADDITION

0125 AM    NORTH MANCHESTER          IN    FLOOD
07/22/98   WABASH                          STATE ROAD 13 AND 114
                                           EAST UNDER WATER

1030 PM    WABASH                    IN    WIND DAMAGE
07/21/98   WABASH                          WIDESxPREAD TREE DAMAGE
                                           WITH NUMEROUS POWER
                                           LINES DOWN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 7:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaPorte31 min
Jul 21, 7:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Saint Joseph61 min
Jul 21, 8:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange, Steuben60 min
Jul 21, 8:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko, Marshall, Noble62 min
Jul 21, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Whitley62 min
Jul 21, 8:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXDeKalb62 min
Jul 21, 8:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wabash48 min
Jul 21, 9:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Miami59 min
Jul 21, 9:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams62 min
Jul 21, 9:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXWells62 min
Jul 21, 9:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko32 min
Jul 21, 9:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXPulaski, White48 min
Jul 21, 9:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, Whitley45 min
Jul 21, 9:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Wabash64 min
Jul 21, 9:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass, Miami49 min
Jul 21, 10:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, LaGrange, Noble50 min
Jul 21, 10:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams, Wells64 min
Jul 21, 10:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant61 min
Jul 21, 10:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay61 min
Jul 21, 10:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington, Miami, Wabash46 min
Jul 21, 11:54 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAllen, Huntington, Wells, Whitley3 hr
Jul 22, 12:14 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXKosciusko, Wabash3 hr
Jul 22, 1:32 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXFulton, Miami103 min
Jul 22, 1:32 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams103 min
Jul 22, 3:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXHuntington, Wabash, Wells4 hr
Jul 22, 3:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXAdams4 hr
Jul 22, 3:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXCass, Fulton, Miami, Pulaski, White4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1998Every flash flood 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.