Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1989, 6:49 PM EST for Hendricks County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1989, 6:49 PM EST (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1989, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hendricks 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1403 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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, Jul 8, 2:23 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 220 PM EST SAT JUL 8 1989 AT 215 PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. ONE STORM WAS 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE OR JUST WEST OF BOSWELL. ANOTHER STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. ANOTHER WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS OR JUST WEST OF MOORSEVILLE. THESE THUNDER5STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:54 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 255 PM EST SAT JUL 8 1989 AT 250 PM EST AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEAR ATTICA...OR 20 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO WINGATE BY 330PM AND TO CRAWFORDSVILLE BY 4PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CEdNTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:25 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
325 PM EST SAT JUL 8 1989
AT 320 PM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
CRAWFORDSVILLE. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES
THROUGH CRAWFORDSVILLE...LADOGA AND ADVANCE BETWEEN 320 AND 400 PM.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON AND BETWEEN
NASHVILLE AND COLUMBUS IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM
WAS NEAR CLINTON OR 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE IN WEST CENTRAL
INDIANA.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CEN{TRAL AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
ALLSOPPSpecial weather statement, Jul 8, 5:23 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 525 PM EST SAT JUL 8 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA AT 515 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...AND THEY WERE DRIFTING SOUTH. STORMS WERE ALSO FROM PERRYSVILLE TO WALLACE...AROUND RACCOON -AND NEAR NEW WINCHESTER...ALL OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. OVER CENTRAL INDIANA...STORMS WERE NEAR MORGANTOWN AND MOUNT AUBURN... SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:54 PM EST, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 555 PM EST SAT JUL 8 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA AT 550 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...NEAR FAIRBANKS. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTH. STORMS WERE ALSO AROUND SHADES STATE PARK...OVER WEST CENTRAL. CAMPERS SHOULD PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM LIGHTNING...EITHER IN AN ALL METAL CAMPER...AUTO OR TRUCK. STORMS WERE NEAR DANVILLE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE AROUND DANVILLE SHOULD STYAY INSIDE UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. IT WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. DS
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:18 PM EST, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 620 PM EST SAT JUL 8 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. AROUND 610 PM...40 MPH WINDS AND ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED BY AMATEUR RADIO...JUST NORTH OF PLAINFIELD. SOME STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN PLAINFIELD. THE STORM WAS MOVING OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF INDIANAPOLIS. BESIDES ToHE STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL...THERE WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNIGHT. ALSO AROUND 610 PM...ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED AT WAYNETOWN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THAT STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD CRAWFORDSVILLE. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 4:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marion | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 6:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 46 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.