Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana

Issued

Mar 28, 1998, 8:06 AM EST (13:06 UTC)

Expired

Mar 28, 1998, 8:40 AM EST

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Northern Indiana

Area

Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, IN, Marshall County, IN

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SVRFWA
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BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
806 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 840 AM EST

* AT 806 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  55 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  ROCHESTER             NEAR 807 AM EST
  RICHLAND CENTER       NEAR 809 AM EST
  TIOSA                 NEAR 811 AM EST
  WALNUT                NEAR 812 AM EST
  ARGOS                 NEAR 814 AM EST
  TALMA                 NEAR 814 AM EST
  TIPPECANOE            NEAR 817 AM EST
  BOURBON               NEAR 821 AM EST

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

LINDQUIST/HOLSTEN

NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 28, 3:15 AM EST, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
315 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998

07Z SATELLITE SHOWING UPPER LOW OVER NORTHERN MO MOVING NE WITH
CONVECTION ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS EASTERN IL INTO WESTERN
IN AND BACK OVER MO ASSOCIATED WITH COLD POOL ALOFT. STORMS HAVE
BEEN WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE INTO WEST PORTION OF CWA BUT AS THE
SHORT WAVE PASSES OVER WILL HAVE TO WATCH CLOSELY.

WILL SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING INTO THE MORNING
OVER THE WEST ZONES AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON FOR FAR EAST ZONES.
RAIN WILL PROVIDE A COOL START TO THE DAY AS TEMPS HAVE DROPPED
INTO THE LOW AND MIDDLE 50S IN THE RAIN AREAS. WITH NO REAL PUSH
OF COLD AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM TEMPS SHOULD REBOUND INTO THE UPPER 60S
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS CLOUDS DECREASE.

RIDGE BECOMES DOMINATE OVER THE AREA LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
MODELS ARE SHOWING A WARM FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY
MORNING AS HEIGHTS RISE IN RESPONSE TO THE DIGGING TROF OVER THE
GREAT BASIN. SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE A RATHER QUIET AND
MILD PERIOD.

WINDS WILL NOT BE OF CONCERN TODAY AS 850 FLOW VEERS WEST THROUGH
TONIGHT AND DIMINISHES. AVN BRINGS THE GREAT BASIN TROF OVER THE
ROCKIES THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK WITH MULTIPLE SHORT WAVES
EJECTING NE ACROSS THE PLAINS WHICH WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF
SHOWERS AND TSTMS IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS.

FWA TB 066/051 075/055 9991-
SBN BB 068/051 077/054 999--
AOH TB 067/052 076/052 9991-

.IWX...NONE.

LINDQUIST

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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