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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 1:29 AM EDT for Berrien County, Michigan. It was in force for 46 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
- Jun 26, 1998, 1:29 AM EDT (05:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Berrien County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:40 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Galien, MI | 6 INCH TREE LIMBS BLOWN 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 1482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1969 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
011 WUUS53 KIWX 260528 RRA SVRFWA MIC021-260615- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1229 AM EST (1229 AM CDT) FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BERRIEN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 215 AM EDT (115 AM EST) * AT 127 AM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTON HARBOR OR 6 MILES WEST OF BARODA MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... STEVENSVILLE SODUS BUCHANAN BERRIEN SPRINGS EAU CLAIRE BERRIEN CENTER SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TAL/JLA
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, Jun 25, 9:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
MIZ077>081-260630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 806 PM EST THU JUN 25 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT. SOME OF THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE BERRIEN...CASS...ST JOSEPH... BRANCH...AND HILLSDALE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TAL
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
MIZ077>081-260630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 806 PM EST THU JUN 25 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN UNTIL 300 AM EDT. SOME OF THE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE BERRIEN...CASS...ST JOSEPH... BRANCH...AND HILLSDALE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 11:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 31 min |
| Jun 26, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 1:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch, Saint Joseph | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 1:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 2:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 5:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Branch | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 6:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Hillsdale | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Michigan, 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.