Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1998, 8:29 PM EST for Adams County, Indiana; Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 16 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 19, 1998, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1998, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Adams County, IN, Van Wert County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 19, 8:30 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Pleasant Mills, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
222 WUUS53 KIWX 200131 RRA SVRFWA INC001-OHC161-200145- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 829 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA SOUTHWESTERN VAN WERT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN OHIO * UNTIL 845 PM EST (945 PM EDT) * AT 825 PM EST (925 PM EDT)... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF DECATUR OR 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALEM MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... RIVARE PLEASANT MILLS SALEM WREN WILLSHIRE SCHUMM GLENMORE DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 820 PM EST NEAR MONROE IN ADAMS COUNTY INDIANA. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ADOLPHSON
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 19, 6:49 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
649 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 PM URBANA IN TORNADO
05/19/98 WABASH REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ONE HALF MILE
NORTHEAST OF URBANA.Local storm report, May 19, 7:00 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
700 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0652 PM URBANA IN 90 MPH TSTM GUST
05/19/98 WABASH REPORTED BY SHERIFFLocal storm report, May 19, 7:06 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
706 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM BIPPUS IN .88 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 HUNTINGTON REPORTED BY SHERIFFLocal storm report, May 19, 7:11 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
711 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM HUNTINGTON IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/19/98 HUNTINGTON HAM REPORTLocal storm report, May 19, 8:05 PM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
805 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0737 AM ALBION IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 NOBLE REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL BY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
0530 PM MEDARYVILLE IN 1 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 PULASKI QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL
FROM 530PM EST TO 545PM
EST. REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
0603 PM NORTH JUDSON IN TORNADO
05/19/98 STARKE REPORTED BY SEVERAL
SPOTTERS. TOUCHED DOWN AND
WENT BACK UP ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY. NO DAMAGE.
0610 PM ROCHESTER IN 1 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 FULTON
0610 PM BASS LAKE IN TORNADO
05/19/98 STARKE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ONE AND A
HALF MILES NORTH OF BASS
LAKE
0610 PM ROCHESTER IN 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 FULTON
0622 PM STAR CITY IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 PULASKI SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME
SIZE HAIL IN STAR CITY
0623 PM STAR CITY IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 PULASKI SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME
SIZE HAIL IN STAR CITY
0645 PM KEWANNA IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 FULTON KEWANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORT
0645 PM URBANA IN TORNADO
05/19/98 WABASH REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ONE HALF MILE
NORTHEAST OF URBANA.
0652 PM URBANA IN 90 MPH TSTM GUST
05/19/98 WABASH REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0705 PM BIPPUS IN .88 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 HUNTINGTON REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0707 PM HUNTINGTON IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/19/98 HUNTINGTON HAM REPORTLocal storm report, May 19, 8:05 PM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH WEBSTER INDIANA
805 PM EST TUE MAY 19 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0737 AM ALBION IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 NOBLE REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL BY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
0530 PM MEDARYVILLE IN 1 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 PULASKI QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL
FROM 530PM EST TO 545PM
EST. REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
0603 PM NORTH JUDSON IN TORNADO
05/19/98 STARKE REPORTED BY SEVERAL
SPOTTERS. TOUCHED DOWN AND
WENT BACK UP ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY. NO DAMAGE.
0610 PM ROCHESTER IN 1 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 FULTON
0610 PM BASS LAKE IN TORNADO
05/19/98 STARKE BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ONE AND A
HALF MILES NORTH OF BASS
LAKE
0610 PM ROCHESTER IN 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 FULTON
0622 PM STAR CITY IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 PULASKI SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME
SIZE HAIL IN STAR CITY
0623 PM STAR CITY IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 PULASKI SPOTTER REPORT OF DIME
SIZE HAIL IN STAR CITY
0645 PM KEWANNA IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 FULTON KEWANNA FIRE DEPARTMENT
REPORT
0645 PM URBANA IN TORNADO
05/19/98 WABASH REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT ONE HALF MILE
NORTHEAST OF URBANA.
0652 PM URBANA IN 90 MPH TSTM GUST
05/19/98 WABASH REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0705 PM BIPPUS IN .88 INCH HAIL
05/19/98 HUNTINGTON REPORTED BY SHERIFF
0707 PM HUNTINGTON IN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/19/98 HUNTINGTON HAM REPORTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wabash | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 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.