Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

Issued

Mar 14, 1989, 4:17 PM EST (21:17 UTC)

Expired

Mar 14, 1989, 5:00 PM EST

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Indianapolis, IN

Area

Whole counties

County Saint Joseph County, IN

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

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
417 PM EST TUE MAR 14 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
      ST JOSEPH

AT 410 PM EST RADAR AT SOUTH BEND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND NEAR NORTH LIBERTY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL AFFECT SOUTH BEND BETWEEN 430 AND 445 PM EST.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNIENG.  BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

WHEELER

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
1035 AM EST TUE MAR 14 1989

THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THE VISIBILITY AT FORT WAYNE HAS RISEN TO 1 RMILE AT 1000 AM EST.
THE VISIBILITIES OVER THE REST OF THE STATE ARE MUCH BETTER.
SOME LIGHT FOG OVER EASTERN INDIANA SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY NOON.
HENDRICKSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
245 PM EST TUE MAR 14 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS INDIANA.

VERY MILD AND INCREASINGLY MORE HUMID AIR WAS STREAMING INTO THE
STATE ON GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. AT THE SAME TIME A COLD FRONT WAS
MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI. AS THIS COLD AIR CUTS
INTO THE MILD AIR NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP IN ILLINOIS BETWEEN 3 AND 4PM EST.
THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO RACE RAPIDLY EAST AND NORTHEAST.

PERSONS IN INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
EDWARDS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.