Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1998, 7:02 PM EST for Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 29, 1998, 7:02 PM EST (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 7:35 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Starke County, 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 29, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 310 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
218 WFUS53 KIWX 300001 RRA TORFWA INC149-300035- BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 702 PM EST (702 PM CDT) MON JUN 29 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... STARKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN INDIANA * UNTIL 735 PM CDT (735 PM EST) * AT 659 PM CDT... A SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KNOX MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE... KNOX BASS STATION BASS LAKE WINONA OBER A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND GO TO THE BASEMENT IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR TAL/JLA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 29, 10:00 AM EST, 9 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 10:00 AM EST, 9 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1000 AM EST MON JUN 29 1998 CONVECTION IS EXITING ERN SECTIONS OF CWA. SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBS SHOW MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ACROSS REGION. CLOUD COVER IS DECREASING...HOWEVER...AND WITH AFTN HEATING TSRA CAN BE EXPECTED BY 21Z. PW VALUES ARE STILL 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES ACROSS REGION SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT FORECASTS LOOK GOOD WITH MENTION OF WARM CONDITIONS AND STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE. .IWX...NONE. OHARA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:29 PM EST, 33 minutes before
INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-300620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 629 PM EST (629 PM CDT) MON JUN 29 1998 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 705 FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF...LAPORTE...MARSHALL... STARKE...PULASKI...WHITE...CASS...WABASH...MIAMI...KOSCIUSKO... NOBLE...DEKALB...ALLEN...WELLS...BLACKFORD...JAY...HUNTINGTON... GRANT...ADAMS...FULTON AND WHITLEY IN INDIANA. WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERS THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA GENERATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. ALSO TORNADOES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. LAMBERTY.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:34 PM EST, 28 minutes before
INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-300620-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
629 PM EST (629 PM CDT) MON JUN 29 1998
...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 705 FOR A
LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EST...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF...LAPORTE...MARSHALL...
STARKE...PULASKI...WHITE...CASS...WABASH...MIAMI...KOSCIUSKO...
NOBLE...DEKALB...ALLEN...WELLS...BLACKFORD...JAY...HUNTINGTON...
GRANT...ADAMS...FULTON AND WHITLEY IN INDIANA.
WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERS THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA GENERATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH ALONG WITH
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. ALSO TORNADOES ARE A STRONG
POSSIBILITY.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.
LAMBERTY...CORRECTED TO ADD TIMESSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 6:41 PM EST, 21 minutes before
INZ003-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-300620-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
629 PM EST (629 PM CDT) MON JUN 29 1998
...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 705 FOR A
LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL 100 AM EDT...1200 AM EST...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF...LAPORTE...MARSHALL...
STARKE...PULASKI...WHITE...CASS...WABASH...MIAMI...KOSCIUSKO...
NOBLE...DEKALB...ALLEN...WELLS...BLACKFORD...JAY...HUNTINGTON...
GRANT...ADAMS...FULTON AND WHITLEY IN INDIANA.
WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR COVERS THE AREA AND A COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA GENERATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 95 MPH ALONG WITH
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. ALSO TORNADOES ARE A STRONG
POSSIBILITY.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.
IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.
LAMBERTY...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 7:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Starke | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 7:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Cass, Miami | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Marshall | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 7:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 7:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 8:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 8:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 8:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble, Whitley | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 8:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Miami | 102 min |
| Jun 29, 8:43 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Miami | 92 min |
| Jun 29, 8:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 9:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.