Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1989, 8:05 PM EST for Huntington County, Wabash County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1989, 8:05 PM EST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1989, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Huntington County, IN, Wabash 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 260105
SVRFWA
INC169-069-260130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
805 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
EASTERN WABASH...HUNTINGTON
AT 801 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDING FROM
15 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
AT 800 PM EST A SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED TREES DOWNED DUE
TO HIGH WINDS JUST SOUTHEAST OF WABASH.
PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE TOWNS OF ANDREWS AND HUNTINGTON
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
ZIMMERMANWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 25, 2:43 PM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 238 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 235 PM EST AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MARION TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 300 PM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRETCH FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. ZIMMERMAN CORRECTED MARION TO FORT WAYNE IN LAST SENTENCE
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:20 PM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 320 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST... ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 315 PM EST A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS MOVES ACORSS BLACKFORD AND WELLS COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. BY 400 PM EST THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 25, 3:53 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 353 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST INDIANA... AT 350 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MARION NEAR MONTPELIER INDIANA TO 40 MILES EAST OF MARION. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND PORODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BY 430 PM EST THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRETCH FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE NEAR MONROEVILLE TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 25, 4:43 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 444 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AS OF 440 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST INDIANA OR THE NORTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES OF WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE OR PAULDING. THE LEADING EDGE OF AN AREA OF RAIN WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSHOWERS EXTENDED FROM LOGANSPORT TO JUST EAST OF MARION. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT 440 PM EST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:01 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 701 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 1 AM EST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA THAT WAS TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM EST HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 1 AM EST. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA EXCEPT FOR LAGRANGE...STEUBEN...NOBLE AND DEKALB COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF WILLIAMS... DEFIANCE AND PAULDING. AT 655 PM EST /755 PM EDT/ AN AREA OF LIGHT RAIN COVER NEARLY ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. ALSO AT 655 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...JUST WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO THE REST OF THIS EVENJING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. ZIMMERMAN
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:36 PM EST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 736 PM EST THU MAY 25 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 1 AM EST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 732 PM EST AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES EAST OF LOGANSPORT TO 15 MILES WEST OF MARION. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES ACROSS WABASH AND GRANT COUNTIES BY 8 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE A SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. BY 800 PM EST THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL STREJTCH FROM 10 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON NEAR ANDREWS TO 10 MILES EAST OF MARION NEAR UPLAND. . ZIMMERMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford, Grant | 40 min |
| May 25, 10:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Wells | 24 min |
| May 25, 10:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Adams, Jay | 35 min |
| May 25, 11:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IWX | Jay | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.