Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1989, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1989, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vanderburgh County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:48 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Vanderburgh, IN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 032245
TOREVV
INC051-125-163-173-032330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
545 PM CDT (545 PM EST) MON APR 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT (630 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...SOUTHERN GIBSON...PIKE...NORTHERN VANDERBURGH...WARRICK
AT 538 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT HAUBSTADT INDIANA...15
MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR TOWARDS THE COMMUNITIES OF BUCKSKIN...WARRENTON...AND
WHEATONVILLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
SUMMYWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 3, 1:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 135 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 77 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEWPORT TO 10 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES WEST OF CORYDON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... TERRE HAUTE...GREENCASTLE...BROWNSBURG ...BLOOMINGTON...BEDFORD...JASPER AND EVANSVILLE. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND CENTRAL INDIANA PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 335 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH HALF OF INDIANA FOR TONIGHT. THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUES THE WESTERN INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA INCLUDING HENDRICKS AND MORGAN COUNTIES. THE CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS AND MARION...BOONE...HAMILITON...HANCOCK...SHELBY AND JOHNSON COUNTIES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 330 THIS AFTENOON THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER IN INDIANA. LIGHT RAIN WAS OVER NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN FORT WAYNE AND VALPARISO. AND IN EASTCENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM MATTOON THROUGH CHAMPAIGH TO KANKAKEE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO DEVELOP AND A WARNING MEANS SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN SIGHTED. DURING A WATCH LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED. CT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 440 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN INDIANA AS OF 430 PM EST. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...THE MOST LIKELY AREA IN INDIANA THAT MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SOME HEAVIER RAIN WAS MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH WEST CENTRAL PARTS OF INDIANA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF SOUTH BEND AND LAFAYETTE TO 30 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. . A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM ESbT. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 5:21 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 510 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN INDIANA AS OF 510 PM EST. AT 515 PM EST...A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE WABASH RIVER ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER THE WEST PART OF INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION AREA WAS 10 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT TO 25 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON...AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. . A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 8 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEWPORT TO 10 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES WEST OF CORYDON. STEIGERWALDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Posey | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson, Vanderburgh | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson, Pike, Warrick | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Perry | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Dubois, Pike | 45 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.