Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH 329
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
120 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL
700PM EST. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA WERE SCATTERED FROM KOKOMO TO
INDIANAPOLIS TO RUSHVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST
RAIN WAS IN NORTHEAST BOONE COUNTY ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR TIPTON AND MUNCIE.

A SMALL THUNDERSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED NEAR TERRE HAUTE AT 117 PM EST.
OTHER THUNDERSSHOWERS IN EASTERN ILLINOIS APPEARED TO BE WEAKENING
AT 115 PM EST.

THE WEATHER RADAR FROM SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS INDICATES INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SPRINGFIELD DOWN TOWARDS ST. LOUIS.

THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
OVER MUCH OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR
RADIO AND TV THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND STAY ALERT FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES.
EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH 329
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
152 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL
700PM EST. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERD NORTH OF MUNCIE AT 145 PM EST. THESE
THUNDERTORMS WERE DRIFTING NORTH INTO GRANT COUNTY AND ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS FROM JUST WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO DECATUR
ILLINOIS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD
FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TONIGHT.

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS...TORNADOES AND HEAVY RAINS
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTEROON AND THIS LEVENING.
EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH 329
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
233 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL
700PM EST. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE
ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADOES.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
THE FORMATION OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES.

WHILE A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS ENTERING WEST CENTRAL INDIANA NEAR
LAFAYETTE DOWN TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS...DANGEROUS THUNDRSTORMS WERE
SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 1 MILE NORTH
OF VANDALIA ILLINOIS AT 225 PM EST. THIS INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING EAST.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO AT VANDALIA ILLINOIS
MAY REACH TO NEAR TERRE HAUTE BY 4PM EST. PEOPLE IN INDIANA SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION MOVE TO THE LOWEST
LEVEL OF A STURDY STRUCTURE. MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED DURING
WARNINGS  AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDIER BUILDING.
EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH 329
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
325 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL
700PM EST. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.

PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM NEAR TERRE HAUTE TO SOUTH OF
SULLIVAN SHOULD PREPARE TO MOVE TO SHELTER BETWEEN 345 PM AND 415 PM
EST AS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVES IN FROM ILLINOIS.

AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WAS ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE AND WAS MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AND HOUR.

MEANWHILE A SMALLER THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE AND
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE IN EASTERN
INDIANA.
THERE IS A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA THROUGH
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO SHELTER QUICKLY AS THE STORMS WILL MOVE AT 50 MILES AN
HOUR.
EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH 329
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
510 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA UNTIL
700PM EST. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.

A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE
TO RENSSELAER. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA.
SCATTERED STRONG STORMS WERE ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS
IN PUTNAM COUNTY AND ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE.

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO IN EASTERN INDIANA NEAR AND
NORTH OF RICHMOND. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE HAIL NORTH OF RICHMOND
BETWEEN 510 PM AND 520 PM EST.

THUNDERSHOWERS SCATTERED ABOUT THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA.
EDWARDS