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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Northern Indiana

April 8, 1998Putnam County, Van Wert County, Ohio

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 10:57 AM EDT for Putnam County, Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 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
Apr 8, 1998, 10:57 AM EDT (14:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1998, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties Putnam County, OH, Van Wert County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 11:05 AM EDTHail 1Wetsel, OHHail 1 inch in diameter just northeast of Wetsel reported by Emergency Manager.
Apr 8, 11:25 AM EDTHail 1Cloverdale, OHHail up to 1 inch in diameter reported in Cloverdale by Assistant Emergency Manager.

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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
955 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

228 
WUUS53 KIWX 081502 RRA
SVRFWA
OHC137-161-081545-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
957 AM EST WED APR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO
  VAN WERT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT (1045 AM EST)

* AT 1054 AM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF VAN WERT MOVING EAST
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  CAVETT
  MIDDLE POINT
  WETSEL
  OTTOVILLE
  FT JENNINGS
  RUSHMORE

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

ADOLPHSON

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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.