Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1988
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1988, 1:54 PM EST for Jackson County, Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1988, 1:54 PM EST (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1988, 2:30 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, IN, Jennings 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 031853
TORIND
INC071-079-031930-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
154 PM EST SUN APR 3 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...EASTERN JACKSON
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
...JENNINGS
RADAR INDIACATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES EAST OF BROWNSTOWN IN
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
PEOPLE IN SEYMOUR...CROTHERSVILLE AND NORTH VERNON ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEADIATELY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
ALLSOPPWhat 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 9:54 AM EST, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 953 AM EST SUN APR 3 1988 AT 945 PM RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST HAMILTON COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON. STATE POLICE AND HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THIS STORM BETWEEN 930 AND 945. THERE WERE ALSO SOME POWER OUTAGES IN HAMILTON COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ELWOOD A LITTLE AFTER 10 AM AND REACH MARION AROUND 1030 TO 1045. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 12:11 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1210 PM EST SUN APR 3 1988 AT 1205 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 12:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 25 min |
| Apr 3, 12:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 12:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Starke | 27 min |
| Apr 3, 12:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 12:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tippecanoe | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 12:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, White | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 1:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 1:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 1:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 42 min |
| Apr 3, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 1:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 26 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.