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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Indianapolis, IN

July 11, 1989Boone County, Hendricks County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1989, 7:14 PM EST for Boone County, Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 11, 1989, 7:14 PM EST (00:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 1989, 7:45 PM EST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Boone County, IN, Hendricks 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
Jul 11, 7:25 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Hendricks, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What 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, Jul 11, 2:56 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
255 PM EST TUE JUL 11 1989

AT 245 PM EST...A WIND GUST OF 55 MPH OCCURRED IN DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS.

DS

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:09 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
305 PM EST TUE JUL 11 1989

THE ARE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800
PM EST.

AT 300 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
INDIANA.

EAST OF INDIANPOLIS...STORMS WERE FROM AROUND MUNCIE TO KNIGHTSTOWN
...MOVING TOWARD WINCHESTER AND CAMBRIDGE CITY. THE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL.

IN INDIANPOLIS...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST
PART OF THE CITY. WINDS OF 55 MPH WERE REPORTED WHEN THE STORMS
MOVED THROUGH DOWNTOWN. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING EAST BETWEEN
GREENFIELD AND SHELBYVILLE. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT ACTON AT 300
PM.

STORMS WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AROUND BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS
...SOUTH OF LINTON AND NORTH OF BEDFORD. THEY WERE MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST.

OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTHWEST OdF
LAFAYETTE TO AROUND CRAWFORDSVILLE TO AROUND LEBANON. THEY WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST.

DS

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:32 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
430 PM EST TUE JUL 11 1989

THE ARE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 800
PM EST.

AT 425 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM AROUND LAFAYETTE...THROUGH TIPTON
AND MUNCIE TO A LITTLE NORTH OF UNION CITY. THEY WERE MOVING EAST.
THE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL
HAIL. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLOODING IN
LOW AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH FLOOD WATERS THAT ARE MORE
THAN A FEW INCHES DEEP.

STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...AROUND INDIANPOLIS
AND WEST OF LINTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST.

DS

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:10 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 7:42 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marion	48 min
Jul 12, 3:49 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	McLean	41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1989 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.