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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 1989Madison County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 9:47 AM EST for Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1989, 9:47 AM EST (14:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1989, 10:30 AM EST
In force: 43 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 031449
SVRIND
INC095-031530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
947 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...NORTHERN MADISON
 
AT 938 AM EST HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS CRACKED THE WINDOWS OF A
SHERIFF'S CAR IN STRAWTOWN...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING EAST TOWARD THE TOWN OF PERKINSVILLE AND THE CITY OF
ANDERSON AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
BG

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, 5 hours 16 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, 2 hours 7 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, 1 hour 14 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, 9:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	27 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1989 Every 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.