Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 12:53 AM EST for Wells County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 1998, 12:53 AM EST (05:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 1:25 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wells County, IN
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 517 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WUUS53 KIWX 080557 RRA SVRFWA INC179-080625- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1253 AM EST WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WELLS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA * UNTIL 125 AM EST * AT 1251 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLUFFTON OR 1 MILE NORTH NORTHWEST OF CRAIGVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS SEVERE STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HOLSTEN/OHARA
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, Apr 7, 7:23 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
INZ020-022>024-026-032>034-080615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 719 PM EST (719 PM CDT) TUE APR 7 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL INDIANA... WHITE...CASS... MIAMI... WABASH... GRANT... BLACKFORD... WELLS... AND JAY. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST. TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO THE EARLY HOURS WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOES HAVE BEEN OCCURRING EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ALL PERSONS IN CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING TORNADOES TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. - HOLLINGSWORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.