Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Indianapolis, IN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
135 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF INDIANA
   UNTIL 800 PM EST THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

AT 130 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED AN
AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
INDIANA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR
DEPHI TO 30 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR NEWPORT.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WAS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF LAFAYETTE.

MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HEAVY
RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT CROSS RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER.
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THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
215 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989

THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST...
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RENNESAELER
TO DECATUR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR...TO RUSHVILLE...TO TELL
CITY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...
TERRE HAUTE...EVANSVILLE AND BLOOMINGTON.

REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDTIONS 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 200 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS...
WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF PERU...TO 10 MILES
EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE.

THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING NEAR KOKOMO...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE
AND ROCKVILLE BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM.

ANOTHER 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STORMS WAS FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OF TERRE HAUTE TO 5 MILES WEST OF VINCENNES. THOSE STORMS WILL BE
MOVING NEAR SALINE CITY...DUGGER AND CARLISLE AROUND 230 PM.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
255 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989

THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST...
AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RENNESAELER
TO DECATUR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR...TO RUSHVILLE...TO TELL
CITY.

AT 250 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS...
WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PERU TO
CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED OVER KOKOMO
AND JUST WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE.

AT 235 PM EST...A AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 35 TO 40 MPH SURFACE
WINDS AT KOKOMO AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

A SECOND AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DANVILLE INDIANA
...ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO WASHINGTON INDIANA...
ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN
AREA BETWEEN 310 AND 330 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.

MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MILES
AN HOUR...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISBILITIES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE
WITH CAUTION.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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