Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 1:22 PM EST for Howard County, Tipton County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 1:22 PM EST (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Howard County, IN, Tipton 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, 7:40 AM EST, 5 hours 42 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, 4 hours 49 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, 1 hour 31 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison | 27 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.