Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1989, 9:48 PM EST for Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1989, 9:48 PM EST (02:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1989, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Knox 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 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 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 28, 7:52 PM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 750 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR BARTHOLOMEW AND DECATUR COUNTIES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BROWN COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AT 745 PM RADAR WAS INDICATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. AT 745 PM THE BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE NEAR THE TOWN OF WEST PORT IN DECATUR COUNTY BY 800 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING ...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDSu. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:14 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 810 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BARTHOLOMEW AND DECATUR COUNTIES OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA EXPIRED AT 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. AT 800 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDER- STORMS FROM BROWN COUNTY EASTWARD TO CINCINNATI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. ANOTHER STORM WAS IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF JENNINGS COUNTY AND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH VERNON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR . THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. PERSONS NEAR THE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THEM. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED...GO TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:38 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 840 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 AT 825 PM SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. BY 900 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN FAYETTE...NORTHERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEAST BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 930 PM THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME EASTERN ILLINOIS ABOUT 30 NORTHWEST OF VINCENNES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SULIVAN COUNTY AROUND 900PM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL ...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:43 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 840 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 AT 825 PM SOME VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUSHVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. BY 900 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN FAYETTE...NORTHERN DECATUR AND SOUTHEAST BARTHOLOMEW COUNTIES. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 830 PM THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME EASTERN ILLINOIS ABOUT 30 NORTHWEST OF VINCENNES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO SULLIVAN COUNTY AROUND 900PM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL ...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. ...CORRECTED TIME IN 2ND PARAGRAPH... HAINES
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 9:21 PM EST, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 920 PM EST FRI APR 29 1989 AT 910 PM SEVERAL AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THOUGH THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. ONE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF BROOKVILLE THROUGH CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY TO JUST TO THE EAST OF COLUMBUS. BY 10 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO UNION COUNTY NEAR LIBERY AND NEAR BATESVILLE...WESTPORT AND NORTH VERNON ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WILL MOVE TO CARLISLE AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF VINCENNES BY 10 PM. ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL ...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. OF YOU OBSERVE ANY SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS REPORT THIS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY THIS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Brown | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 10:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 1:09 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 4 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.