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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Northern Indiana

May 29, 1998Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 1:06 AM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1998, 1:06 AM EST (06:06 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1998, 2:10 AM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Kosciusko County, IN

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1857 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1998-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

126 
WUUS53 KIWX 290609 RRA
SVRFWA
INC085-087-113-290710-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
106 AM EST FRI MAY 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KOSCIUSKO COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  LAGRANGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA
  WESTERN NOBLE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN INDIANA

* UNTIL 210 AM EST

* AT 103 AM EST... SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  27 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LAGRANGE OR 8 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
  SYRACUSE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  OSWEGO
  SYRACUSE
  NORTH WEBSTER
  WARSAW
  CROMWELL
  LIGONIER
  SHIPSHEWANA
  ORMAS
  KIMMELL
  EMMA
  TOPEKA
  WOLFLAKE
  WAWAKA
  COSPERVILLE
  EDDY
  MERRIAM
  BURR OAK
  ALBION
  LAGRANGE
  BRIMFIELD
  VALENTINE
  KENDALLVILLE

SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  THIS
SEVERE STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS.

TEH/JA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 12:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXSaint Joseph49 min
May 29, 12:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart, Marshall51 min
May 29, 1:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXLaGrange, Noble64 min
May 29, 1:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant35 min
May 29, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass32 min
May 29, 3:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami32 min
May 29, 5:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass35 min
May 29, 5:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXGrant36 min
May 29, 5:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXMiami36 min
May 29, 5:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford35 min
May 29, 5:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXJay49 min
May 29, 5:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.