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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Indianapolis, IN

November 15, 1989Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1989, 6:50 AM CST for Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 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
Nov 15, 1989, 6:50 AM CST (12:50 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 1989, 7:30 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Jasper County, IL

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 7:10 AM CSTHail 0.88Jasper, IL

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 nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1512 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 7:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo45 min
Nov 15, 8:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Parke37 min
Nov 15, 8:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam49 min
Nov 15, 8:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, Tippecanoe29 min
Nov 15, 8:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone, Clinton32 min
Nov 15, 10:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware30 min
Nov 15, 11:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDubois53 min
Nov 15, 12:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph, Wayne38 min
Nov 15, 4:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMonroe42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1989Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.