Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
752 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

AT 745 PM EST...A NARROW LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE
EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR FRANKLIN OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS...AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO GREENTOWN...TIPTON...SHERIDAN
AND ZIONSVILLE AREAS BY 830 PM EST. OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL REACH THE
VINCINITY OF SHELBYVILLE AND BETWEEN BROWNSTOWN AND SEYMOUR ALSO BY
830 PM.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS THAT MAY BE
CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS.

PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS SAME SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
STEIGERWALDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
825 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

ONE NARROW BAND OF STORMS WAS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOKOMO TO
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 25 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS
NEAR ROACHDALE.

ANOTHER NARROW BAND OF STORMS WAS FROM GREENFIELD TO COLUMBUS.
OTHER STORMS WERE WEST AND SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO SEYMOUR AND SOUTH
TO THE OHIO RIVER.

THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS
AND SMALL TORNADOES HAVE OCCURED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING BUT
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEEN 630 AND
820 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER OR FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE SIGHTED GET TO THE
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR PART OF A HOME OR BUILDING.

SMALL SHORT LIVED TORNADOES AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
DETECT ON RADAR. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREAST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR REALY TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

ALLSOPP

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
840 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

604 PM EST   A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7 MILES WEST OF SPENCER IN
             OWEN COUNTY ON STATE ROAD 46. A HOUSE TRAILER WAS
             OVERTURNED...A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED AND POWER LINES
             WERE DOWNED. THE DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED ON A HILLTOP.
             REPORTED BY OWEN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

ALLSOPP