Tornado Warning 19, NWS Indianapolis, IN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
520 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN INDIANA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE THROUGH CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF TERRE HAUTE.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE INDIANA AND ILLINOIS BORDER
APPROACHING WILLIAMSPORT AND ATTICA...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LAFAYETTE.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH
LOGANSPORT...GREENCASTLE AND INDIANAPOLIS BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM EST.
HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ARRIVE IN BLOOMINGTON AROUND 600 PM EST.
EDWARDS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
620 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

AT 615 PM EST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF THE WEST PART
OF INDIANA...AND WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE...WITH
OTHER STRONG STORMS 10...20 AND 30 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. ANOTHER
STRONG STORM WAS 20 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH LINDEN...CRAWFORDSVILLE...AND
WAYNETOWN BETWEEN 630 AND 645 PM EST. OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH MARTINSVILLE AND TO THE BLOOMINGTON AREA BY ABOUT 645 PM.
.
AT 545 PM EST...THE STATE POLICE REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL...SMALL TREE
LIMBS BLOW DOWN AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ZERO
AT HILLSDALE...OR 22 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE.
.
AT 600 PM EST...THE WHITE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED VISIBILITY DOWN TO 100
FEET AT CHALMERS...WHICH IS 15 MILES NORTH OF LAFAYETTE.

AT 611 PM EST...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY THE STATE POLICE ON
STATE ROAD 46 IN OWEN COUNTY MOVING EAST.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING.
STEIGERWALDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
700 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

AT 655 PM EST...A NARROW LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 10
MILES WIDE STRETCHED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE MARTINSVILLE AND BLOOMINGTON
AREAS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO NEAR KOKOMO...KIRKLIN AND ROACHDALE
BY ABOUT 730 PM EST. OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL REACH THE VINCINITY OF
GREENWOOD...FRANKLIN AND TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS SHORTLY
AFTER 730 PM.
.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING..B.VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS THAT MAY BE CAPABLE OF
BLOWING DOWN SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS.
STEIGERWALDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
752 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

AT 745 PM EST...A NARROW LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WIDE
EXTENDED FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR FRANKLIN OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS...AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO GREENTOWN...TIPTON...SHERIDAN
AND ZIONSVILLE AREAS BY 830 PM EST. OTHER STRONG STORMS WILL REACH THE
VINCINITY OF SHELBYVILLE AND BETWEEN BROWNSTOWN AND SEYMOUR ALSO BY
830 PM.

THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS THAT MAY BE
CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN SOME SMALL TREE LIMBS.

PERSONS SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS SAME SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
STEIGERWALDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
825 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

ONE NARROW BAND OF STORMS WAS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOKOMO TO
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 25 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS
NEAR ROACHDALE.

ANOTHER NARROW BAND OF STORMS WAS FROM GREENFIELD TO COLUMBUS.
OTHER STORMS WERE WEST AND SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO SEYMOUR AND SOUTH
TO THE OHIO RIVER.

THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS
AND SMALL TORNADOES HAVE OCCURED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING BUT
NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEEN 630 AND
820 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER OR FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE SIGHTED GET TO THE
BASEMENT OR INTERIOR PART OF A HOME OR BUILDING.

SMALL SHORT LIVED TORNADOES AND FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
DETECT ON RADAR. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREAST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR REALY TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

ALLSOPP

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
840 PM EST FRI MAY 19 1989

604 PM EST   A SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 7 MILES WEST OF SPENCER IN
             OWEN COUNTY ON STATE ROAD 46. A HOUSE TRAILER WAS
             OVERTURNED...A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED AND POWER LINES
             WERE DOWNED. THE DAMAGE WAS ISOLATED ON A HILLTOP.
             REPORTED BY OWEN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.

ALLSOPP