Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 6:12 PM EST for Randolph County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 6:12 PM EST (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Randolph County, IN, Wayne 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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, 3:56 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:25 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 424 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 420 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST MORGAN COUNTY...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY...NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND EXTEND INTO WESTERN BOONE COUNTY...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE EXTREMELLY HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:55 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 455 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 450 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND THEY EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO NEAR TERRE HAUTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON AND THEN SOUTHWEST TO NEAR VINCENNES. AT 447 PM EST MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR BLOOMINGTON. HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTOMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:22 PM EST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 520 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 515 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER A LARGE PORTION CENTRAL AND AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR MUNCIE...ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND THEY EXTENDED SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOPOLIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM COLUMBUS AND BEDFORD TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVIG NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD STILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT THE FAR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS. . PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:00 PM EST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 558 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 550 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE TO VEEDERSBURG AND THEN SOUTHWEST INTO ILLINOIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE SOUTHWEST THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN INDIANA FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHMOND SOUTHWEST TO AROUND BROWNSTOWN IN JACKSON COUNTY. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AT 545 PM EST IN SEYMOUR IN NORTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY. THUNDERSTROMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:11 PM EST, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST...FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTH OF A( LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNCIE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTH OF THAT LINE. 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, 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, 2:10 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, 6:36 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.