Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1989, 5:44 PM EST for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 5, 1989, 5:44 PM EST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1989, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lawrence, 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, Aug 5, 1:54 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:40 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 240 PM EST SAT AUG 5 1989 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 664 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF PORTLAND IN JAY COUNTY AND EAST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 5 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GREENCASTLE...NOBLESVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS ...RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...GREENSBURG...MADISON AND TELL CITY. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOU~LD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:32 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 330 PM EST SAT AUG 5 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GREENCASTLE...NOBLESVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS ...RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...GREENSBURG...MADISON AND TELL CITY. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 320 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RINFALL WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE FROM AROUND RICHMOND...WEST TO INDIANAPOLIS AND SOUTHWEST TO AROUND BLOOMINGTON AND BLOOMFIELD. WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO AROUND RUSHVILLE AND GREENSBURG BETWEEN 315 AND 320 PM. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AROUND MOORESVILLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. BE CAREFUL OF HYROPLANING...HAVING WHEELS FLOAT ON FLOODED ROADS...CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. ALL THE STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. DS
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:55 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 355 PM EST SAT AUG 5 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... GREENCASTLE...NOBLESVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS ...RICHMOND...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...GREENSBURG...MADISON AND TELL CITY. AT 335 PM EST...STATE POLICE REPORTED SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS HAD BEEN BROUGHT DOWN BY 35 TO 40 MPH WINDS IN THE GREENSBURG VICINITY. SOME DAMAGE TO SMALL SIGNPOSTS WAS ALSO REPORTED. THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST FRANKLIN AND NORTHERN RIPLEY COUNTIES...NEAR THE TOWN OF BATESVILLE. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR WINCHESTER...15 MILES EAST OF MUNCIE...TO SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...IN THE MOORESVILLE AND GREENWOOD AREAS...TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON WAS PRODUCING SOME VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RAIN APPEARED HEAVIEST IN THE MOORESVILLE... GREENWOOD...AND BLOOMINGTON AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF PONDING OF WATER AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS CONTINUE. ALSO...MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. BE CAREFUL OF HYROPLANING...HAVING WHEELS FLOAT ON FLOODED ROADS...CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. ALL THE STORMS HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MPD
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 4:43 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 PM EST SAT AUG 5 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. AT 435 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS PART OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWCASTLE OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND...AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS...ONE 20 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT 430 PM EST...GREENSBURG POLICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT 436 PM EST...TREE LIMBS AND ONE TREE WERE BLOWN DOWN AT HOPE OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF LOSANTVILLE...LYNN...COLUMBUS AND BATESVILLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS GUST2Y WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL BETWEEN 440 PM AND 530 PM EST. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:12 PM EST, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST SAT AUG 5 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. AT 505 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN COLUMBUS INDIANA AND CINCINNATI OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...AND OTHERS 25 MILES EAST AND 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS THAT COVERED MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITIES OF OSGOOD...MILAN AND VERSAILLES BEMTWEEN 5 AND 530 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THESE CITIES CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING PLACES IN SOME AREAS OF DECATUR AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IS ALSO LIKELY. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | LaPorte | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 1:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 5:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Randolph | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 21 min |
| Aug 5, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Brown, Monroe | 44 min |
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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.