Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Indiana, 1998
46 severe thunderstorm watches in 1998. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 46
- Busiest month
- May16 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 20, 19984 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Floyd, Franklin, Harrison and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Dearborn, Decatur and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko and 7 more | |
| 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 13, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Blackford, Dearborn, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 9 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fulton, Howard and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 23 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gibson | 5 hr |
| May 20, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 40 more | 6 hr |
| May 20, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott | 5 hr |
| May 21, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 19 more | 6 hr |
| 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 29, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 41 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jasper, Newton | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Elkhart, Fountain and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Harrison, Jackson and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 11:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ohio, Switzerland | 5 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 51 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 25 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 4:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Henry and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Grant and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 24, 4:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Steuben, Wells | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Carroll, Cass and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 24, 5:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clay, Dearborn, Decatur and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 25, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 5:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake, Newton, Porter | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 9:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Benton, Carroll, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Floyd, Jefferson, Scott, Switzerland | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Henry and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 6, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Clark and 40 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County17
- Wells County16
- Allen County16
- Henry County15
- Miami County15
- Wabash County15
- Huntington County15
- Franklin County14
- Ripley County14
- Delaware County14
- Fayette County14
- Randolph County14
- Union County14
- Wayne County14
- Jasper County14
- Decatur County13
- Jennings County13
- Blackford County13
- Grant County13
- Hancock County13
- Jay County13
- Madison County13
- Rush County13
- Shelby County13
- DeKalb County13
- Kosciusko County13
- Whitley County13
- Cass County13
- Fulton County13
- Clark County12
- Dearborn County12
- Jefferson County12
- Ohio County12
- Scott County12
- Switzerland County12
- Bartholomew County12
- Brown County12
- Howard County12
- Steuben County12
- Jackson County12
52 more counties
- Lawrence County12
- Benton County12
- Newton County12
- Pulaski County12
- Starke County12
- Floyd County11
- Greene County11
- Hamilton County11
- Johnson County11
- Marion County11
- Tipton County11
- LaGrange County11
- Noble County11
- Carroll County11
- Marshall County11
- Porter County11
- White County11
- Morgan County11
- Monroe County11
- Daviess County10
- Gibson County10
- Knox County10
- Pike County10
- Sullivan County10
- Elkhart County10
- Dubois County10
- Martin County10
- Clinton County10
- Lake County10
- Saint Joseph County10
- Parke County10
- Owen County10
- Harrison County9
- Posey County9
- Vanderburgh County9
- Crawford County9
- Orange County9
- Washington County9
- LaPorte County9
- Tippecanoe County9
- Boone County9
- Hendricks County9
- Montgomery County9
- Putnam County9
- Warrick County8
- Perry County8
- Spencer County8
- Warren County8
- Fountain County8
- Clay County8
- Vigo County8
- Vermillion County6
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.