Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 1:00 AM EST for Adams County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 8, 1998, 1:00 AM EST (06:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1998, 1:35 AM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:10 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 51 | Preble, IN | Limbs down and some power lines down from near Peterson and Preble to Decatur. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
393 WUUS53 KIWX 080605 RRA SVRFWA INC001-080635- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 100 AM EST WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA * UNTIL 135 AM EST * AT 1259 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF DECATUR OR 2 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF PETERSON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... MAGLEY NEAR 102 AM EST PETERSON NEAR 103 AM EST PREBLE NEAR 105 AM EST DECATUR NEAR 112 AM EST MONMOUTH NEAR 114 AM EST WILLIAMS NEAR 116 AM EST RIVARE NEAR 118 AM EST SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TEH/BFO
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 37 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, 12:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Wells | 32 min |
Nearby
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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.