Alert archive / Indiana / 1998
Weather alerts in Indiana, May 1998
158 weather alerts in May 1998, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 158
- Warnings
- 139
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 31, 199843 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 33 min |
| May 2, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sullivan | 5 hr |
| May 2, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson and 20 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion | 39 min |
| May 2, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 47 min |
| May 2, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 50 min |
| May 2, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 61 min |
| May 2, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson | 50 min |
| May 3, 2:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 34 min |
| May 3, 3:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 34 min |
| May 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 35 min |
| May 3, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 35 min |
| May 3, 4:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington | 33 min |
| May 3, 5:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 35 min |
| May 3, 5:03 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 2 hr |
| May 3, 5:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 36 min |
| May 3, 5:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko, Whitley | 33 min |
| May 3, 6:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 36 min |
| May 3, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 65 min |
| May 3, 8:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Allen | 2 hr |
| May 7, 12:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey | 47 min |
| May 7, 1:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 48 min |
| May 12, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lake, Newton | 6 hr |
| May 13, 12:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 62 min |
| May 13, 2:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 48 min |
| May 13, 3:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 35 min |
| May 13, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Blackford, Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 7:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 36 min |
| May 19, 8:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, DeKalb | 33 min |
| May 19, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fulton, Howard and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton | 32 min |
| May 19, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Newton | 36 min |
| May 19, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Benton | 39 min |
| May 19, 4:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LOT | Newton | 31 min |
| May 19, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | White | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Jasper | 45 min |
| May 19, 5:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warren | 39 min |
| May 19, 5:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Pulaski | 52 min |
| May 19, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vermillion | 36 min |
| May 19, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 6:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Starke | 47 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fountain | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vermillion | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 51 min |
| May 19, 6:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Miami, Wabash | 48 min |
| May 19, 6:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke | 45 min |
| May 19, 7:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Huntington | 47 min |
| May 19, 7:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:12 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Wabash | 25 min |
| May 19, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 45 min |
| May 19, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams | 16 min |
| May 19, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson | 5 hr |
| May 19, 9:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 34 min |
| May 19, 10:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 33 min |
| May 19, 10:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange, Washington | 29 min |
| May 20, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 46 min |
| May 20, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 40 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 1:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey | 49 min |
| May 20, 1:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 100 min |
| May 20, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike | 35 min |
| May 20, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 49 min |
| May 20, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 30 min |
| May 20, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer | 44 min |
| May 20, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 40 min |
| May 20, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 40 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott | 5 hr |
| May 20, 9:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey | 49 min |
| May 20, 9:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 35 min |
| May 21, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 5:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Posey | 6 hr |
| May 22, 9:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey | 41 min |
| May 22, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 41 min |
| May 22, 9:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Warrick | 47 min |
| May 23, 1:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Martin | 43 min |
| May 23, 7:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Monroe | 34 min |
| May 23, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson and 18 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 8:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 34 min |
| May 23, 9:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 30 min |
| May 23, 9:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey | 48 min |
| May 24, 3:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Saint Joseph | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Owen | 46 min |
| May 24, 4:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton | 34 min |
| May 24, 6:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 31 min |
| May 24, 7:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Wayne | 51 min |
| May 24, 8:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Wayne | 58 min |
| May 24, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 24, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 30 min |
| May 25, 3:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Posey, Vanderburgh | 6 hr |
| May 25, 7:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Spencer | 5 hr |
| May 28, 11:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lake | 32 min |
| May 29, 12:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Saint Joseph | 49 min |
| May 29, 12:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Elkhart, Marshall | 51 min |
| May 29, 1:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Noble | 64 min |
| May 29, 1:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Kosciusko | 64 min |
| May 29, 1:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 35 min |
| May 29, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 48 min |
| May 29, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 3:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami | 32 min |
| May 29, 5:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Cass | 35 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Miami | 36 min |
| May 29, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 35 min |
| May 29, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 17 min |
| May 29, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 49 min |
| May 29, 6:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 65 min |
| May 29, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 34 min |
| May 31, 11:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | LaGrange, Steuben | 36 min |
| May 31, 12:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 51 min |
| May 31, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Noble | 48 min |
| May 31, 12:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Noble | 50 min |
| May 31, 12:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen | 46 min |
| May 31, 1:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | DeKalb | 30 min |
| May 31, 1:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Whitley | 48 min |
| May 31, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 45 min |
| May 31, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 50 min |
| May 31, 1:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen | 46 min |
| May 31, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 62 min |
| May 31, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 46 min |
| May 31, 2:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 50 min |
| May 31, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 51 min |
| May 31, 2:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 49 min |
| May 31, 2:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan | 49 min |
| May 31, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 36 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 3:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Scott, Washington | 33 min |
| May 31, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 34 min |
| May 31, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 31, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 47 min |
| May 31, 3:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 48 min |
| May 31, 3:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 28 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Blackford | 35 min |
| May 31, 4:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 47 min |
| May 31, 4:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IWX | Jay | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 44 min |
| May 31, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 36 min |
| May 31, 4:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Perry | 37 min |
| May 31, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 34 min |
| May 31, 5:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 43 min |
| May 31, 5:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 39 min |
| May 31, 5:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 49 min |
| May 31, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 47 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Wayne | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 20 min |
| May 31, 5:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois | 35 min |
| May 31, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 34 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 110 |
| Tornado Warning | 24 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 16 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allen County13
- Daviess County12
- Posey County12
- Knox County11
- Harrison County10
- Martin County10
- Vanderburgh County10
- Washington County10
- Blackford County10
- Dubois County9
- Gibson County9
- Jefferson County9
- Scott County9
- Orange County8
- Perry County8
- Jay County8
- Wayne County8
- Grant County8
- Noble County7
- Sullivan County7
- Clark County7
- Crawford County7
- Floyd County7
- Greene County7
- Pike County7
- Spencer County7
- Kosciusko County7
- Fulton County7
- Newton County7
- Parke County7
- Delaware County7
- Miami County7
- Jackson County6
- Lawrence County6
- Warrick County6
- Vermillion County6
- Owen County6
- Howard County6
- Adams County6
- Randolph County6
52 more counties
- Benton County6
- Cass County6
- Warren County6
- Fountain County6
- Jennings County5
- Ripley County5
- Switzerland County5
- Clay County5
- Huntington County5
- Whitley County5
- Lake County5
- Hendricks County5
- Fayette County5
- Franklin County5
- Henry County5
- Union County5
- Wells County5
- DeKalb County5
- Carroll County5
- Clinton County5
- Jasper County5
- Pulaski County5
- Starke County5
- Tipton County5
- White County5
- Hancock County5
- Johnson County5
- Marion County5
- Shelby County5
- Wabash County5
- Monroe County5
- LaGrange County4
- Ohio County4
- Vigo County4
- Montgomery County4
- Boone County4
- Marshall County4
- Saint Joseph County4
- Tippecanoe County4
- Hamilton County4
- Morgan County4
- Rush County4
- Bartholomew County4
- Brown County4
- Decatur County4
- Dearborn County3
- Porter County3
- Madison County3
- Putnam County3
- Elkhart County3
- LaPorte County2
- Steuben County2
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.