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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 1989Hancock County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 2:10 PM EST for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1989, 2:10 PM EST (19:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1989, 2:40 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 031916 RRA
SVRIND
INC059-031945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
210 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...NORTHERN HANCOCK
 
AT 205 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED TREES DONW IN THE FORT
HARRISON AREA IN NORTHEAST INDIANAPOLIS.
 
THIS STORM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE TOWNS OF MOUNT COMFORT AND MOHWAK.
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 8:33 AM EST, 5 hours 37 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, 2 hours 19 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 49 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
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:47 PM EST, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
145 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

AT 140 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS
...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PORTION
OF CENTRAL INDIANA.

AT 130 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 35 MILES
AN HOUR IN MOORSVILLE...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANPOLIS. AT 134
PM EST STATE POLICE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN WITH VISIBILITIES WELL UNDER A
MILE AND WIND GUST TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR IN WHITAKER IN SOUTHWEST
MORGAN COUNTY.

AT 137 PM EST A FIRE FIGHTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD IN DECATUR
TOWNSHIP IN SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND
GUSTS ESTIMATED TO ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

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, 12:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay, Owen, Putnam36 min
Jun 3, 1:22 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton38 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1989Every 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.