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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 6:03 AM EDT for Hillsdale County, Michigan. It was in force for 47 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, 6:03 AM EDT (10:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1998, 6:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hillsdale County, MI
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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, 6:20 AM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Camden, MI |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 133 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.
374 WUUS53 KIWX 261003 RRA SVRFWA MIC059-261050- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 503 AM EST FRI JUN 26 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HILLSDALE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN * UNTIL 650 AM EDT (550 AM EST) * AT 601 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF HILLSDALE OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESVILLE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE... ALLEN HILLSDALE OSSEO PITTSFORD THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... LARGE HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY JAL
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 26, 2:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
MIZ077>081-260700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 119 AM EST FRI JUN 26 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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 26, 3:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MIZ077>081-260731- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 219 AM EST FRI JUN 26 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 671 HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN EXPIRED AT 300 AM EDT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. 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, 1:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Berrien | 46 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 |
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.