Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1989, 5:18 PM CDT for Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 1989, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1989, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Posey 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 012220
SVREVV
INC129-012300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
518 PM CDT THU JUN 1 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...POSEY
AT 515 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO
WESTERN POSEY COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST A 35 MPH AND WILL
REACH MT VERNON INDIANA...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE BY 530 PM.
IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR MT VERNON INDIANA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
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.
RUNNELQSWhat 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, Jun 1, 1:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 125 PM EST THU JUN 1 1989 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 120 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTRORMS WERE 40 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AROUND AND JUST NORTH OF FRANKFORT. THE STORMS WERE EAST AND WILL BE PASSING BETWEEN KOKOMO AND TIPTON BY 215PM. THE STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNIGHT AND HEAVY RAIN. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY. OTHER STORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA AND MOVING EAST. DS
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 350 PM EST THU JUN 1 1989 AT 340 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CARROLL COUNTY... 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR THE TOWNS OF CUTLER AND WHEELING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AN WILL MOVE INTO WEST HOWARD COUNTY AND REACH KOKOMO BY 410 PM EST. AT 343 PM EST AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED .70 OF AN INCH IN 20 MINUTES IN REYNOLDS IN WHITE COUNTY...20 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE ...AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. BG
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 412 PM EST THU JUN 1 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. SOME INDIANA CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...LAFAYETTE...LOGANSPORT... FORT WAYNE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...TERRE HAUTE AND BLOOMINGTON. AT 400 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF KOKOMO. AT 359 PM EST THE PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL WAS RELAYED BY THE HOWARD COUNTY SHERIFF 4 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF KOKOMO. AT 359 PM EST THE BURLINGTON TOWN MARSHALL REPORTED ZERO VISIBILITY ..15 MILES WEST OF KOKOMO. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. BG
Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:24 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
420 PM EST THU JUN 1 1989
408 PM EST DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND MOBILE HOMES IN KOKOMO...IN
HOWARD COUNTY. RELAYED BY INDIANA STATE POLICE.
BGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 8:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Elkhart | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tippecanoe | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 18 min |
| Jun 1, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.