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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Northern Indiana

June 29, 1998Cass County, Miami County, Indiana

NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1998, 7:25 PM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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, 7:25 PM EST (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1998, 8:15 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Northern Indiana
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, IN, Miami County, IN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 00:00Z on 1998-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 1998-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

389 
WFUS53 KIWX 300027
TORFWA
INC017-103-300115-

BULLETIN- EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
725 PM EST MON JUN 29 1998...RETRANSMITTED

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CASS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
  MIAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 724 PM EST... DOPPLER RADAR AT NORTH WEBSTER INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERU OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF DENVER MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...
  DENVER
  HOOVER
  MEXICO
  PERRYSBURG

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

TEH/TAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:02 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXStarke33 min
Jun 29, 7:17 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXElkhart48 min
Jun 29, 7:23 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXStarke32 min
Jun 29, 7:33 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXMarshall57 min
Jun 29, 7:39 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXLaGrange, Steuben61 min
Jun 29, 7:42 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXFulton63 min
Jun 29, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXKosciusko65 min
Jun 29, 8:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXElkhart51 min
Jun 29, 8:14 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXMiami31 min
Jun 29, 8:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXNoble, Whitley49 min
Jun 29, 8:43 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXMiami102 min
Jun 29, 8:43 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningIWXMiami92 min
Jun 29, 8:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningIWXAllen, DeKalb64 min
Jun 29, 9:12 PM ESTTornado WarningIWXDeKalb33 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.