Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1988, 9:00 PM EST for Allen County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1988, 9:00 PM EST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1988, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Allen County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:12 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Allen, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 210200
SVRFWA
INC003-210230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
900 PM EST MON JUN 20 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
SOUTHERN ALLEN
AT 858 PM EST....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH
OF FORT WAYNE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ONE AND ONE HALF INCH
HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...
LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
PERSONS NEAR POE...HOAGLAND AND MONROEVILLE SHOULD GO TO A
SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.
ZIMMERMANWhat 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, Jun 20, 5:45 PM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 545 PM EST MON JUN 20 1988 AT 540 PM EST RADAR AT SOUTH BEND SHOWED A LARGE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED BETWEEN CHESTERTON AND MICHIGAN CITY INDI0ANA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND GUSTY WIND. IT ALSO CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PUT IT CLOSE TO LAPORTE INDIANA AFTER 6PM EST. JH
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:18 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 615 PM EST MON JUN 20 1988 AT 610 PM EST RADAR AT SOUTH BEND SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND INDIANA ...ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAPORTE INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM CAN CAUSE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WIND ...HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD PASS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF LAPORTE INDIANA. JHR
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:05 PM EST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 805 PM EST MON JUN 20 1988 ...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MOVES INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 800 PM EST AN ISOLATED THUNDETSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA OR 5 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND BY 9PM EST WILL BE LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTOMS THAT EXTENDED NORTHWEST TO THE CHICAGO ILLINOIS AREA. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:39 PM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 840 PM EST MON JUN 20 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 837 PM EST AN STRONG THUNDETSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA AND 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND BY 930PM EST WILL BE LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE AND 40 MILES SOUTHEAST FORT WAYNE. ZIMMERMAN
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.