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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1989, 4:52 PM EST for Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1989, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1989, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Tippecanoe 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
Peoria Regional, IL (KPIA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 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 192153
SVRIND
INC157-192230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
452 PM EST MON JUN 19 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTH CENTRAL TIPPECANOE
AT 450 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN TIPPECANOE COUNTY..ABOUT 3 TO 5
MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE.
AT 450 PM EST INDIANA STATE POLICE AT LAFAYETTE REPORTED
1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL ABOUT 3 TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE.
PEOPLE IN THE THE TOWN OF BATTLEGROUND ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTeIVE 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.
PRZYBYLINSKIWhat 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 19, 2:14 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 205 PM EST MON JUN 19 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA AT 200 PM EST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM LOGANSPORT TO DENVER TO NORTH MANCHESTER...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF KOKOMO. THE MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED VERY SMALL HAIL 6 MILES NORTH OF DENVER. LOW LAND FLOODING AND WATER ON ROADS WAS ALSO ALSO OBSERVED BY STATE POLICE AND THE COUNTY SHERIFF IN NORTHERN MIAMI COUNTY. DRIVE WITH CAUTION IN THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT INDIANA. STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND NEAR GUION...JUST SOUTH OF SHADES AND TURKEY RUN STATE PARKS IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE PRECIPITAION WAS MOVING KVERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. REPORT HAIL PENNEY SIZE OR LARGER AND FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATER SERVICE. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:09 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 308 PM EST MON JUN 19 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA AT 300 PM EST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOGANSPORT...NEAR ROYAL CENTER... AND AT FOWLER...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. OTHER STRONG STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE AROUND 40 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS FROM CECIL HARDEN LAKE TO RUSSELLVILLE TO LADOGA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO 40 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS FROM SHELBYVILLE TO RUSHVILLE TO NEW CASTLE. A LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM LAFAYETTE TO MONTICELLO TO ROCHESTER. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. REPORT HAIL PENNEY SIZE OR LARGER...OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATER SERVICE. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT DRIVE THRzOUGH HIGH WATER ON ROADS. ALLSOPP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:16 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Miami | 119 min |
| Jun 19, 3:30 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Cass, White | 2 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 24 min |
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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.