Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 1989, 7:56 PM CST for White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 14, 1989, 7:56 PM CST (01:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1989, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties White County, IL, Posey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:02 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | White, IL | |
| Mar 14, 8:27 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Posey, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 331 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 150157
SVREVV
ILC193-INC129-150245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
756 PM CST TUE MAR 14 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
...WHITE
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...POSEY
AT 755 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WHITE COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...NEAR OMAHA ILLINOIS...ABOUT 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
SPODENWhat 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, Mar 14, 4:35 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 535 PM EST TUE MAR 14 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. AT 530 PM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA. HOWEVER A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR CHICAGO TO DECATUR ILLINOIS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST-NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MPH. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 5:07 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 605 PM EST TUE MAR 14 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. AT 555 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A 30 TO 50 MILE WIDE BAND OF LIGHT RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA...FROM BLOOMINGTON TO FORT WAYNE. A SMALLER BAND OF LIGHT SHOWERS WAS OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM JUST NORTH OF LAFAYETTE TO JUST WEST OF SOUTH BEND. THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA...HOWEVER A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR GARY INDIANA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 60 MPH AND SHOULD REACH NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM COVINGTON TO MOROCCO AROUND 630 PM EST. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 5:48 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 645 PM EST TUE MAR 14 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER NEAR CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 640 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME EASTERN ILLINOIS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF KENTLAND INDIANA OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA BEFORE 700 PM EST. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO GARY INDIANA. ANOTHER AREA OF VERY LIGHT SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM BLOOMINGTON TO THE EAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS TO FORT WAYNE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:23 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 720 PM EST TUE MAR 14 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER NEAR CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. AT 715 PM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAFAYATTE TO NEAR SOUTH BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYATTE. ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING IN AN AREA WHICH EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF LAFAYATTE TO ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. ANOTHER AR9EA OF MOSTLY SPRINKLES EXTENDED ACROSS EASTERN INDIANA FROM NEAR COLUMBUS TO MUNCIE TO JUST EAST OF FORT WAYNE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:48 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 750 PM EST TUE MAR 14 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER NEAR CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. AT 745 PM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF LAFAYATTE TO NEAR SOUTH BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF LOGANSPORTE. ALSO SCATTERED SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NEAR TERRE HAUTE TO JUST WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND NORTH TO LAFAYATTE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDER]STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:33 PM CST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 830 PM EST TUE MAR 14 1989 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST FOR NORTHERN INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER NEAR CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. AT 825 PM EST RADAR SHOWED AN LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO KOKOMO...INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO TERRE HAUTE AND SULLIVAN. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE GREEN CASTLE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AT 825 PM EST. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HENDRICKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 9:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 10:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.