Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 9:18 AM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 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 3, 1989, 9:18 AM EST (14:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 9:45 AM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison 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 3, 9:18 AM EST | Hail 1 | Madison, 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 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, Jun 3, 4:31 AM EST, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER INDIANA TODAY AND OVER CTENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA TONIGHT. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:40 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 738 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 730 AM EST...WIDELY SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...25 AND 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT 655 AM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF STREET FLOODING ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED BETWEEN MUNCIE AND RICHMOND...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO...AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS BY 815 AM EST. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:33 AM EST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA AT 820 AM. OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD RICHMOND. STATE POLICE REPORTED SMALL HAIL /ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH/ ALONG INTERSTATE 70...15 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND AT 820 AM. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO RICHMOND BY 900 AM. OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...STORMS WERE MONTICELLO AND LOGANSPORT. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD WINAMAC AND ROCHESTER. STORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST WERE FROM AROUND RENSSELEAR TO TAB...OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD MEDARYVILLE AND THE NORTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE. ALL THE STORMS HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY. SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS ...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS IS6 POSSIBLE. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 10:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 10:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 10:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 12:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Owen, Putnam | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 1:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 2:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 6:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 6:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 39 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.