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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 25, 1989Cass County, Howard County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 1989, 5:15 PM EST for Cass County, Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1989, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1989, 6:00 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cass County, IN, Howard County, IN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1989-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 339 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1989-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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
Apr 25, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCarroll, White47 min
Apr 25, 4:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton33 min
Apr 25, 5:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami34 min
Apr 25, 5:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWhite48 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.