Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1988, 11:24 PM EST for Cass County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1988, 11:24 PM EST (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 1988, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 060423
SVRIND
INC017-060500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1124 PM EST TUE APR 5 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...EASTERN CASS
AT 1115 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
WEST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY... OR ABOUT 3 TO 5 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT,
INDIANA.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF LOGANSPORT SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
PRZYBYLINSKIWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 8:32 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 PM EST TUE APR 5 1988 AT 825 PM EST...THERE WERE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES VALID OVER THE STATE OF INDIANA. HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF ILLINOIS TIL 100 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING OVER PARTS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS BETWEEN 815 PM AND 830 PM EST THIS EVENING. THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELYB MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA LATER TONIGHT. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 9:51 PM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 950 PM EST TUE APR 5 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO RUSHVILLE...AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RUSHVILLE IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA TO ANGOLA IN EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WEST OF INDIANA THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. AT 945 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD JUST ENTERED THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF INDIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 10:40 PM EST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1038 PM EST TUE APR 5 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA TIL 300 AM EST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS OF INDIANA BETWEEN 1000 AND 1030 PM EST. AT 1030 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED A AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTEDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR WILLIAMSPORT AND 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. . STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 11:00 PM EST, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1055 PM EST TUE APR 5 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA TIL 300 AM EST THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING. BETWEEN 1040 AND 1045 PM EST AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR IN NORTHWEST CARROLL COUNTY IN PATTON. AT 1045 PM EST THE LAFAYETTE AIRPORT MEASURED A WIND GUST OF NEAR 55 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STRONG WINDS WERE OCCURRING ABOUT 5 MILES AHEAD OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA COUNTIES FROM LAFAYETTE TO PERU BETWEEN 11PM AND 1130 PM EST. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 37 min |
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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.