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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 4:10 PM EST for Fulton 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
- May 3, 1998, 4:10 PM EST (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton County, IN
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:25 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Rochester, 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 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 032112 RRA SVRFWA INC049-032145- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 410 PM EST SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 445 PM EST * AT 408 PM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER OR 4 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TALMA MOVING WEST NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... TALMA ROCHESTER TIOSA THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND pIN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... LARGE HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! TEH/JM!
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
Local storm report, May 3, 3:35 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
235 PM CST SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ALONG RT30 AND
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
313 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN TOUCHDOWN 3NE MONROEVILLE
325 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 J ALLEN BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR
MONROEVILLELocal storm report, May 3, 3:35 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
235 PM CST SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ALONG RT30 AND
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
313 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN TOUCHDOWN 3NE MONROEVILLE
325 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 J ALLEN BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR
MONROEVILLELocal storm report, May 3, 3:35 PM EST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
235 PM CST SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN
321 PM NEW HAVEN IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ALONG RT30 AND
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
313 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 ALLEN TOUCHDOWN 3NE MONROEVILLE
325 PM MONROEVILLE IN TORNADO
05/03/98 H ALLEN BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR
MONROEVILLEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 3:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 34 min |
| May 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 35 min |
| May 3, 4:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington | 33 min |
| May 3, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 35 min |
| May 3, 5:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 2 hr |
| May 3, 5:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 36 min |
| May 3, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Whitley | 33 min |
| May 3, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.