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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1989, 10:26 AM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 10:26 AM EST (15:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elkhart 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSBN 031528
TORSBN
INC039-031600-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
1026 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...ELKHART
AT 1020 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR US 20 AND US 19
IN WESTERN ELKHART COUNTY.
THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE CITY OF ELKHART IS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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.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 55 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 46 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 53 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
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, 10:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Elkhart, Kosciusko | 59 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.