Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1989, 3:36 PM EST for Jay County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 1, 1989, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1989, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jay 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 1, 3:45 PM EST | Hail 1 | Jay, 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFWA 012036
TORFWA
INC075-012100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN
336 PM EST THU JUN 1 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
JAY
AT 332 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARION INDIANA OR 5 MILES WEST OF REDKEY MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
PERSONS IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF PORTLAND
SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING.
A BELOW GROUND BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO.
IF POSSIBLE GET UNDER A STURDY TABLE OR WORK BENCH.
IF A CELLAR CAN NOT BE REACHED. TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR CLOSET...
HALLWAY...OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.
KEEP AWAY FROM ALL WINDOWS. TAKE COVER NOW...DO NOT WASTE TIME
OPENING WINDOWS. THE TORNADO WILL DO THAT FOR YOU.
IN A HOME WITHOUT A BASEMENT...GO TO THE CENTER OF THE HOUSE ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET INTO A CLOSET...INTERIOR HALL...OR UNDER
HEAVY FURNITURE. COVER YOURSELF WITH A HEAVY BLANKET OR SIMILAR
OBJECT.
IF IN OPEN COUNTRY OR IN A CAR AND YOU CANNOT AVOID THE STORM...GET
INTO A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR DEPRESSION
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER TIED DOWN OR NOT...
ABANDON IT!!!! GO TO A COMMUNITY SHELTER...REINFORCED BUILDING...
OR GET INTO A DITCH...DEPRESSION OR CULVERT.
MARSHALL/ZIMMERMANWhat 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 1, 9:39 AM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 940 AM EST THU JUN 1 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ELKHART COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM EST... ...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING FOR ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA UNTIL NOON EST. AT 935 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN COVERING ALL OF NORTHWEST INDIANA WEST OF A SOUTH BEND TO PLYMOUTH LINE...25 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND. AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER ANOTHER HALF-INCH OF RAIN OR MORE MAY OCCUR OVER ALREADY DRENCHED GROUND FROM SOUTH BEND WEST TO GARY INDIANA AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST DURING THE NEXT TWO OR THREE HOURS. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD CONSTANTLY MONITOR CONDITIONS FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODING. MCCLUNG
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:57 AM EST, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 955 AM EST THU JUN 1 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA TODAY... AT 951 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF DEFIANCE OHIO TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND CONTAINED GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADWAYS. BY 1055 AM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO WITH ADDITONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA. MARSHALL
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:57 AM EST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WAYNE IN 1058 AM EST THU JUN 1 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST INDIANA TODAY... AT 1051 AM EST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA TO THE WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR 15 MILES WEST OF WABASH TO 35 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE TO 45 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND CONTAINED DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADWAYS AND SMALL STREAMS. BY 1155 AM EST THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO A POSITION EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE OR '15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTINGTON TO JUST EAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEFIANCE OHIO. MARSHALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Grant | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Blackford | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 3:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Jay | 40 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.