Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 6:58 PM EST for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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 29, 1998, 6:58 PM EST (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:22 PM EST | Hail 1 | Osceola, IN | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN TOWN. |
| Jun 29, 7:22 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Elkhart, 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFWA 292358 RRA SVRFWA INC039-141-300045- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 658 PM EST (658 PM CDT) MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA EASTERN ST JOSEPH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 745 PM EST * AT 656 PM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ELKHART MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... ELKHART DUNLAP BRISTOL GOSHEN OSCEOLA MISHAWAKA SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. TAL/JLA
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.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 29, 10:00 AM EST, 8 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 10:00 AM EST, 8 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1000 AM EST MON JUN 29 1998 CONVECTION IS EXITING ERN SECTIONS OF CWA. SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBS SHOW MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ACROSS REGION. CLOUD COVER IS DECREASING...HOWEVER...AND WITH AFTN HEATING TSRA CAN BE EXPECTED BY 21Z. PW VALUES ARE STILL 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES ACROSS REGION SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT FORECASTS LOOK GOOD WITH MENTION OF WARM CONDITIONS AND STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE. .IWX...NONE. OHARA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:29 PM EST, 29 minutes before
INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-300620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 629 PM EST (629 PM CDT) MON JUN 29 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 705 FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF...LAPORTE...MARSHALL... STARKE...PULASKI...WHITE...CASS...WABASH...MIAMI...KOSCIUSKO... NOBLE...DEKALB...ALLEN...WELLS...BLACKFORD...JAY...HUNTINGTON... GRANT...ADAMS...FULTON AND WHITLEY IN INDIANA. WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERS THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA GENERATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. ALSO TORNADOES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. LAMBERTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:34 PM EST, 24 minutes before
INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-300620-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
629 PM EST (629 PM CDT) MON JUN 29 1998
...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 705 FOR A
LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF...LAPORTE...MARSHALL...
STARKE...PULASKI...WHITE...CASS...WABASH...MIAMI...KOSCIUSKO...
NOBLE...DEKALB...ALLEN...WELLS...BLACKFORD...JAY...HUNTINGTON...
GRANT...ADAMS...FULTON AND WHITLEY IN INDIANA.
WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERS THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA GENERATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH ALONG WITH
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. ALSO TORNADOES ARE A STRONG
POSSIBILITY.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.
LAMBERTY...CORRECTED TO ADD TIMESSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 6:41 PM EST, 17 minutes before
INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-300620-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
629 PM EST (629 PM CDT) MON JUN 29 1998
...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 705 FOR A
LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EDT...1200 AM EST...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF...LAPORTE...MARSHALL...
STARKE...PULASKI...WHITE...CASS...WABASH...MIAMI...KOSCIUSKO...
NOBLE...DEKALB...ALLEN...WELLS...BLACKFORD...JAY...HUNTINGTON...
GRANT...ADAMS...FULTON AND WHITLEY IN INDIANA.
WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERS THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA GENERATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH ALONG WITH
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. ALSO TORNADOES ARE A STRONG
POSSIBILITY.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.
LAMBERTY...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 8:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 9:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | White | 2 hr |
| Jun 28, 11:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 1:03 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Jay | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:07 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 2:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski, Starke, White | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 6:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaPorte | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.