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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Northern Indiana

May 29, 1998Miami County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1998, 3:48 PM EST for Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 32 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
May 29, 1998, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1998, 4:20 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Miami County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 4:00 PM ESTThunderstorm WindDenver, INFacia torn from roof of North Miami Elementary
May 29, 4:23 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Denver, IN2 light poles down

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 2:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1998-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 517 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 1998-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
517 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

042 
WUUS53 KIWX 292047 RRA
SVRFWA
INC103-292120-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 420 PM EST

* AT 345 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PERU
  OR 2 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MACY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE...
  MACY
  DENVER
  STOCKDALE
  DEEDSVILLE

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

MES

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

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
INZ008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-OHZ004-005-015-016-024-
025-292330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
237 PM EST (237 PM CDT) FRI MAY 29 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND
NORTHWEST OHIO...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST (900 PM
EDT) FOR MOST OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE...

STARKE...MARSHALL...KOSCIUSKO...NOBLE...DEKALB...PULASKI...FULTON...
WHITLEY...ALLEN...WHITE...CASS...MIAMI...WABASH...HUNTINGTON...
GRANT...BLACKFORD...WELLS...ADAMS...JAY

NORTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...

DEFIANCE...HENRY...PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT...ALLEN

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LINDQUIST

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, 1:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXKosciusko64 min
May 29, 1:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXBlackford, Grant35 min
May 29, 3:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXCass32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.