Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1989, 2:46 PM EST for Carroll County, Clinton County, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carroll County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN
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, 2:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Tippecanoe, IN | |
| Jun 3, 3:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clinton, IN |
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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 KIND 031948
TORIND
INC023-015-157-032030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
246 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTHERN CLINTON
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...SOUTHERN CARROLL
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
...EASTERN TIPPECANOE
AT 2 42 PM EST RADAR SHOWERS AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER LAFAYETTE.
THIS STROM WILL MOVE TOWARD THE TOWNS OF DAYTON ROOSVILLE AND
MULBERRY.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS6.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, 11:51 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1150 AM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 1145 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS ...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE SCATTERD OVER MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE ...5 MILES NORTH OF PERU...10 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND FROM ANDERSON TO MUNCIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT THE EXTREME NORTHWEST...THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST UNTIL 4 PM EST. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WE|ATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:21 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1220 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 1215 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM TERRE HAUTE SOUTH ALONG THE INDIANA...ILLINOIS BORDER TO NEAR CARLISLE IN SOUTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY. AT ABOUT NOON AMATEUR RADIO OPERATERS ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR JUST WEST OF TERRE HAUTE ALONG INTERSTATE 70. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA EXCEPT THE EXTREME NORTHWEST...THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST AND THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST UNTIL 4 PM EST. PRICE PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:47 PM EST, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 145 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 140 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS ...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CONTINUE OVER A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 130 PM EST AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 35 MILES AN HOUR IN MOORSVILLE...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANPOLIS. AT 134 PM EST STATE POLICE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN WITH VISIBILITIES WELL UNDER A MILE AND WIND GUST TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR IN WHITAKER IN SOUTHWEST MORGAN COUNTY. AT 137 PM EST A FIRE FIGHTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD IN DECATUR TOWNSHIP IN SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED TO ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:11 PM EST, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 210 PM EST SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 205 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN ...GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAFAYETTE EAST TO KOKOMO AND MUNCIE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
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, 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, 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
Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989
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.