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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Northern Indiana

March 28, 1998Whitley County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 1998, 9:51 AM EST for Whitley County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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
Mar 28, 1998, 9:51 AM EST (14:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1998, 10:25 AM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

County Whitley County, IN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 28, 10:05 AM ESTTornado F0Laud, INsmall tornado touched down in Laud causing tree damage and moderate damage to one home.

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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1998-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 479 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
479 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
573 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.

093 
WFUS53 KIWX 281453 RRA
TORFWA
INC183-281525-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
951 AM EST SAT MAR 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WHITLEY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 1025 AM EST

* AT 948 AM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A
  POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA CITY OR 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF COESSE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
  COESSE                NEAR 956 AM EST
  COLLINS               NEAR 957 AM EST
  CHURUBUSCO            NEAR 959 AM EST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM ACT QUICKLY. SEEK SHELTER IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LINDQUIST

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 8:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXFulton, Marshall34 min
Mar 28, 8:26 AM ESTTornado WarningIWXKosciusko34 min
Mar 28, 9:17 AM ESTTornado WarningIWXMiami33 min
Mar 28, 9:23 AM ESTTornado WarningIWXWabash52 min
Mar 28, 9:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXHuntington33 min
Mar 28, 10:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen30 min
Mar 28, 10:58 AM ESTTornado WarningIWXWells32 min
Mar 28, 11:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAdams36 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.