Alert archive / Michigan / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1989, 10:21 AM EST for Cass County, Michigan. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 3, 1989, 10:21 AM EST (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 11:15 AM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cass County, MI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 10:35 AM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cass, MI |
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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KARB 031521
TORSBN
MIC027-031615-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
ISSUED BY ANN ARBOR MI
1121 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
SOUTHWEST CENTRAL CASS
AT 1054 AM EDT...A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NILES
MICHIGAN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS TORNADO SHOULD MOVE INTO
TO THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL AREA OF CASS COUNTY. THE CITIES OF
EDWARDSBURG AND CASSOPOLIS ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS T ORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE...OTHERWISE TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.
...DNR...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, Jun 3, 4:31 AM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 430 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER INDIANA TODAY AND OVER CTENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA TONIGHT. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:40 AM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 738 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 730 AM EST...WIDELY SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...25 AND 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND 15 MILES WEST OF COLUMBUS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT 655 AM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF STREET FLOODING ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCATED BETWEEN MUNCIE AND RICHMOND...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO...AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS BY 815 AM EST. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 8:33 AM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA AT 820 AM. OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD RICHMOND. STATE POLICE REPORTED SMALL HAIL /ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH/ ALONG INTERSTATE 70...15 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND AT 820 AM. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO RICHMOND BY 900 AM. OVER NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA...STORMS WERE MONTICELLO AND LOGANSPORT. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD WINAMAC AND ROCHESTER. STORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST WERE FROM AROUND RENSSELEAR TO TAB...OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST TO 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD MEDARYVILLE AND THE NORTH SIDE OF LAFAYETTE. ALL THE STORMS HAVE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY. SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS ...DRAINAGE DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS IS6 POSSIBLE. DS
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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.