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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

April 3, 1989Wabash County, Illinois; Gibson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1989, 4:57 PM CDT for Wabash County, Illinois; Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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: Apr 3, 1989, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 1989, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Wabash County, IL, Gibson 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
Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDT	Hail 1	Wabash, IL

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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 032158
TOREVV
ILC185-INC051-032230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
457 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
          ...WABASH
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...GIBSON
 
AT 453 PM CDT...ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUNyD IN SOUTHERN WABASH COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS 4 MILES WEST
OF GRAYVILLE ILLINOIS...WHICH IS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY....
 
SPODEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Edwards, Wayne, White	45 min
Apr 3, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Edwards, Wabash, White	45 min
Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Gallatin, White	46 min
Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Gibson, Vanderburgh	46 min
Apr 3, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Gibson, Pike, Warrick	45 min
Apr 3, 5:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Vanderburgh	45 min
Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	67 min
Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Posey	67 min
Apr 3, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Perry	67 min
Apr 3, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Dubois, Pike	45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.