Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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.
BGWhat 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.
| 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, 1:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 38 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, 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.