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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 1, 1989Vanderburgh County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 6:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Vanderburgh, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

BG
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSaint Joseph35 min
Jun 1, 8:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDElkhart3 hr
Jun 1, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDSaint Joseph3 hr
Jun 1, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton27 min
Jun 1, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison53 min
Jun 1, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDTippecanoe47 min
Jun 1, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware35 min
Jun 1, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMontgomery30 min
Jun 1, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone44 min
Jun 1, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPosey42 min
Jun 1, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWarrick43 min
Jun 1, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison31 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay33 min
Jun 1, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDEdwards25 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.