Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1989, 6:13 PM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 18 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
- Jun 1, 1989, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1989, 6:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vanderburgh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Vanderburgh, 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
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, Jun 1, 1:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 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, 2 hours 21 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 59 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, 1 hour 49 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.
BGSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 53840 PM EST THU JUN 1 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST...AND NORTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEWPORT TO CRAWFORDSVILLE TO KOKOMO TO MARION TO NEAR DECATUR INDIANA. THE WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME INDIANA CITqIES STILL IN THE WATCH INCLUDE...INDIANAPOLIS... MUNCIE...RICHMOND...TERRE HAUTE AND BLOOMINGTON. CURRAN
The 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, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 42 min |
| Jun 1, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Warrick | 43 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 |
| Jun 1, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Edwards | 25 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.