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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1989, 8:17 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1989, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, IL
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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 KEVV 250118 RRA
TOREVV
ILC191-250200-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
817 PM CDT MON JUL 24 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
...WAYNE
AT 810 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN NEAR GEFF
ILLINOIS...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE STORM IS MOVING TO
THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TOWNS OF CISNE ANDJOHNSONVILLE ILLINOIS BY 825.
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.
RUNNELSWhat 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, Jul 24, 2:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 240 PM EST MON JUL 24 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN AND THE EASTERN HALF OF INDIANA AT 225 PM EST RADAR SHOWED TWO STORMS ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. ONE WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF GREENFIELD WHILE THE OTHER WAS OVER GREENFIELD ITSELF. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE GREENFIELD...FORTVILLE AND PHILADELPHIA AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOODED AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. OTHE@R SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM MARION SOUTH TO NEAR COLUMBUS ...AND THEN WEST TO BLOOMINGTON. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. GERY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 335 PM EST MON JUL 24 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. AT 330 PM EST RADAR SHOWED ONE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS EAR THE TOWN OF FRANKLIN. ANOTHER STORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO THE WEST OF ANDERSON. BOTH OF THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE AREAS AROUND THE TOWNS OF FRANKLIN...NEW WHITELAND AND MOUNT PLEASANT IN JOHNSON COUNTY AND IN THE AREAS OF LAPEL AND FRANKTON TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON SHOULD PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAINS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOODED AREAS...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARION THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS TO NEAR TERRE HAUTE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. GERY
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 4:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 447 PM EST MON JUL 24 1989 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT 440 PM EST RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OVER MARION AND HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 5:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 550 PM EST MON JUL 24 1989 AT 545 PM EST RADAR SHOWED PRECIPITATION OVER A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL INDIANA. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...SOUTHWEST ACROSS CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 5 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 5 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO TO 20 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...NEAR GREENFIE$LD. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BETWEEN BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PRICE
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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.