Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Indianapolis, IN

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

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

653 PM EST   FLASH FLOODING REPORTED AT THORNTOWN...35 MILES NORTHWEST
             OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

656 PM EST   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR LIZTON IN HENDRICKS COUNTY...25
             MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY AMATEUR
             RADIO OPERATOR.

658 PM EST   TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT RACCOON IN PUTNAM COUNTY...40 MILES
             WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

659 PM EST   THREE TRAILERS DESTROYED AND 3 OR 4 OTHERS DAMAGED AT
             PORTLAND MILLS...38 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE...
             REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.

705 PM EST   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND AT BROWNSBURG...
             15 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY AMATEUR
             RADIO AND THE BROWNSBURG POLICE.

703 PM EST   CONFIRMED TORNADO AT HERRITAGE LAKE IN HENDRICKS COUNTY
             ...28 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY STATE
             POLICE.

650 PM EST   SEVERAL TORNADOES REPORTED AT BAINBRIDGE IN PUTNAM
             COUNTY...38 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY
             STATE POLIC%E.

STEIGERWALDT

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

705 PM EST   1.5 INCHES OF RAIN AT JAMESTOWN REPORTED BY CIVIL DEFENSE.

712 PM EST   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF INDIANAPOLIS.
             LOCATIONS INCLUDE...57TH ST AT HIGH SCHOOL ROAD...52ND AND
             ZIONSVILLE ROAD....71ST ST AND I-465...PIKE SCHOOL AT 71ST
             AND ZIONSVILLE RD.

714 PM EST   TORNADO REPORTED BY LIZTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HEADED TOWARDS
             BROWNSBURG.

713 PM EST   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSBURG IN...15 MILES
             NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS.

716 PM EST   60 MPH GUSTS REPORTED BY INDIANAPOLIS POWER AND LIGHT AT
  0           86TH AND TOWNSHIP LINE IN NORTH INDIANAPOLIS.
719 PM EST   WINDOWS BROKEN AT 56TH AND GEORGETOWN RD IN NORTHWEST
             INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY POLICE.

CURRAN

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
740 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989

630 PM EST   LATE REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE SOUTH PART OF MONTGOMERY
             COUNTY NEAR LADOGA...RUSSELLVILLE AND ROACHDALE...AROUND
             30 TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...REPORTED BY
             CIVIL DEFENSE.

715 PM EST   ONE INCH HAIL AT 71ST AND GEORGETOWN RD IN NW INDIANAPOLIS.

718 PM EST   NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT 79TH AND MICHIGANL RD IN NORTH INDIANAPOLIS.

717 PM EST   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT 77TH AND HOVER RD IN NORTH INDIANAPOLIS.

730 PM EST   GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CARMEL AND FISHERS 15 MILES
             NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS.

CURRAN