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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 12:44 AM EST for Elkhart County, Marshall County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 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 29, 1998, 12:44 AM EST (05:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1998, 1:35 AM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Marshall County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:00 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Elkhart, 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 1857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
030 WUUS53 KIWX 290547 RRA SVRFWA INC039-099-290635- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1244 AM EST FRI MAY 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ELKHART COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 135 AM EST * AT 1243 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ELKHART OR 2 MILES EAST OF DUNLAP MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... ELKHART DUNLAP GOSHEN PLYMOUTH BREMEN SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TEH/JA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| May 29, 1:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 64 min |
| May 29, 1:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 64 min |
| May 29, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 35 min |
| May 29, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami | 32 min |
| May 29, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 35 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 35 min |
| May 29, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 17 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.