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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 26, 1989Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1989, 7:15 PM EST for Jackson County, Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1989, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1989, 8:00 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jackson County, IN, Lawrence 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 00:00Z on 1989-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 00:00Z on 1989-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-352 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Apr 26, 11:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSullivan, Vigo46 min
Apr 27, 12:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox44 min
Apr 27, 12:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Greene, Owen54 min
Apr 27, 1:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox37 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.