Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 5:26 PM EST for Adams County, Allen County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min. 3 reports 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 26, 1998, 5:26 PM EST (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, IN, Allen County, IN, Van Wert County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 5:35 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Poe, IN | |
| Jun 26, 6:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Convoy, OH | |
| Jun 26, 6:03 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Decatur, 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 2677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
537 WUUS53 KIWX 262226 RRA SVRFWA INC001-003-OHC161-262315- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 526 PM EST FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA SOUTHERN ALLEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA VAN WERT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO * UNTIL 615 PM EST (715 PM EDT) * AT 532 PM EST (632 PM EDT)... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO MONROVILLE INTO NORTHWEST VAN WERT COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH... OSSIAN MONMOUTH CONVOY CAVETT SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TAL/JAH
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, Jun 26, 11:30 AM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-262122- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1130 AM EST FRI JUN 26 1998 ...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL STATEMENT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHWEST OHIO...AND MOST OF NORTHERN INDIANA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN..NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN LAKE HURON TO NORTHERN IOWA WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS START TO DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO THIS BROADCAST FOR LATER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. OHARA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 10:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 31 min |
| Jun 25, 11:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 12:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 1:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 7:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 4:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.