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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 1989Clay County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 12:24 PM EST for Clay County, Owen County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1989, 12:24 PM EST (17:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1989, 1:00 PM EST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, IN, Owen County, IN, Putnam 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1989-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 370 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1989-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
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

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, 7:40 AM EST, 4 hours 44 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, 3 hours 51 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
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:51 AM EST, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1150 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

AT 1145 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS
...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE SCATTERD OVER MAINLY THE
NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA.

STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE
...5 MILES NORTH OF PERU...10 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND FROM
ANDERSON TO MUNCIE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT THE EXTREME
NORTHWEST...THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST UNTIL 4 PM
EST.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WE|ATHER
CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:21 PM EST, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1220 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

AT 1215 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM TERRE HAUTE SOUTH ALONG
THE INDIANA...ILLINOIS BORDER TO NEAR CARLISLE IN SOUTHERN SULLIVAN
COUNTY.

AT ABOUT NOON AMATEUR RADIO OPERATERS ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60
MILES AN HOUR JUST WEST OF TERRE HAUTE ALONG INTERSTATE 70.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT THE EXTREME
NORTHWEST...THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST UNTIL 4 PM
EST.

PRICE
PRICE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:18 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison27 min
Jun 3, 9:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMadison43 min
Jun 3, 10:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJasper29 min
Jun 3, 10:16 AM ESTTornado WarningINDElkhart, Kosciusko59 min
Jun 3, 10:26 AM ESTTornado WarningINDElkhart34 min
Jun 3, 1:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton38 min
Jun 3, 2:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock30 min
Jun 3, 2:46 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCarroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe44 min
Jun 3, 6:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph, Wayne33 min
Jun 3, 6:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur, Rush39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.