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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 1989Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1989, 6:36 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1989, 6:36 PM EST (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1989, 7:15 PM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 032338
SVRIND
INC031-139-040015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
636 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...DECATUR...SOUTHERN RUSH
 
AT 630 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR THE TOWN OF SHELBVILLE.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF BLUE RIDGE AND ADAMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.
 
 
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.
BGJ

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, 4:25 PM EST, 2 hours 11 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 41 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, 1 hour 14 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, 36 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, 25 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 6:25 PM EST, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
624 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

AT 620 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES
EAST OF MUNCIE TO 15 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN TO COLUMBUS
AND BLOOMINGTON.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR NORTH VERNON IN
JENNINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR THE KENTUCKY
BORDER.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM 10 MILES SOUTH
OF LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN STILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN
...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
PRICE7

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, 2:10 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

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.