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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 1989Elkhart County, Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1989, 10:16 AM EST for Elkhart County, Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1989, 10:16 AM EST (15:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1989, 11:15 AM EST
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Elkhart County, IN, Kosciusko 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 031517
TORSBN
INC039-085-031615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
ISSUED BY INDIANAPOLIS IN
1016 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
      ELKHART...KOSCIUSKO

A BELOW GROUND BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO.
IF POSSIBLE GET UNDER A STURDY TABLE OR WORK BENCH.

BG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 9:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	27 min
Jun 3, 9:47 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Madison	43 min
Jun 3, 10:16 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Jasper	29 min
Jun 3, 10:26 AM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Elkhart	34 min
Jun 3, 12:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Clay, Owen, Putnam	36 min
Jun 3, 1:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Howard, Tipton	38 min
Jun 3, 2:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Hancock	30 min
Jun 3, 2:46 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe	44 min
Jun 3, 6:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Randolph, Wayne	33 min
Jun 3, 6:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Decatur, Rush	39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.