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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 1989, 4:19 PM EST for Hamilton County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
- Sep 9, 1989, 4:19 PM EST (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1989, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, IN, Madison 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hamilton, 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 092119
TORIND
INC057-095-092145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
419 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...EASTERN HAMILTON...MADISON
AT 418 PM EST...A CITIZEN REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH
OF CICERO...25 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS.
THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARDS PERKINSVILLE.
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 INTsERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
PRZYBYLINSKIWhat 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, Sep 9, 1:43 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 135 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM EST THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON... AT 130 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR DEPHI TO 30 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR NEWPORT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WAS CENTERED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT CROSS RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER. . THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 2:16 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 215 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST... AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RENNESAELER TO DECATUR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR...TO RUSHVILLE...TO TELL CITY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE LAFAYETTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE... TERRE HAUTE...EVANSVILLE AND BLOOMINGTON. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDTIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 200 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS... WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF PERU...TO 10 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING NEAR KOKOMO...FRANKFORT...CRAWFORDSVILLE AND ROCKVILLE BETWEEN 230 AND 300 PM. ANOTHER 10 MILE WIDE BAND OF STORMS WAS FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OF TERRE HAUTE TO 5 MILES WEST OF VINCENNES. THOSE STORMS WILL BE MOVING NEAR SALINE CITY...DUGGER AND CARLISLE AROUND 230 PM. DS
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 2:58 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 255 PM EST SAT SEP 9 1989 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST... AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RENNESAELER TO DECATUR AND WEST OF A LINE FROM DECATUR...TO RUSHVILLE...TO TELL CITY. AT 250 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS... WERE IN A 10 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PERU TO CRAWFORDSVILLE TO 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED OVER KOKOMO AND JUST WEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. AT 235 PM EST...A AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 35 TO 40 MPH SURFACE WINDS AT KOKOMO AND HEAVY RAINFALL. A SECOND AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM DANVILLE INDIANA ...ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO WASHINGTON INDIANA... ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 310 AND 330 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISBILITIES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:18 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Shelby | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur, Rush | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 5:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 6:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 27 min |
| Sep 9, 6:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 116 min |
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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.