Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1989, 5:32 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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
- May 31, 1989, 5:32 PM EST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1989, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elkhart County, IN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Elkhart, IN |
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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:29 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 31, 3:14 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 315 PM EST WED MAY 31 1989 AT 305 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHCENTAL INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF PERU. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. BY 345 PM THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST WABASH COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS AREA WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM MONTICELLO TO HUNTINGTON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 12 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. HAINES
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:02 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
CENTRAL INDIANA PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 355 PM EST WED MAY 31 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. AT 350 PM EST...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION AND THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE. THE NORTHWEST PORTION WAS WAS MOVING INTO LAKE COUNTY INDIANA NORTHEAST OF KANKAKEE ILLINOIS...THE NORTHEAST PORTION WAS SITUATED FROM JUST NORTH OF LOGANSPORT TO EAST OF FORT WAYNE. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED ON T4HE ILLINOIS INDIANA BORDER NEAR SCHNEIDER IN LAKE COUNTY...AND OVER THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. BPRUITT
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:05 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPSECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 355 PM EST WED MAY 31 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. AT 350 PM EST...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION AND THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE. THE NORTHWEST PORTION WAS WAS MOVING INTO LAKE COUNTY INDIANA NORTHEAST OF KANKAKEE ILLINOIS...THE NORTHEAST PORTION WAS SITUATED FROM JUST NORTH OF LOGANSPORT TO EAST OF FORT WAYNE. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATE6D ON THE ILLINOIS INDIANA BORDER NEAR SCHNEIDER IN LAKE COUNTY...AND OVER THE CITY OF FORT WAYNE. ALL PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. BPRUITT
Special weather statement, May 31, 5:17 PM EST, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 515 PM EST WED MAY 31 1989 AT 500 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN LA PORTE COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF LA PORTE...5 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND AND BETWEEN SOUTH BEND AND ELKHART. BY 600 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN MARSHELL COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF ELKHART COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 49 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.