Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1990, 1:31 PM EST for Decatur County, Rush County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 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
- May 3, 1990, 1:31 PM EST (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1990, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Decatur County, IN, Rush 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Decatur, 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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 KIND 031832
SVRIND
INC031-139-031900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
131 PM EST THU MAY 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...DECATUR...SOUTHERN RUSH
AT 130 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF INDIANAPOLIS.
WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT COLUMBUS INDIANA AT 115 PM EST.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND TOWARDS THE TOWN
OF GREENSBURG.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
JEHWhat 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 3, 12:02 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
INZ012-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1200 PM EST THU MAY 3 1990 SHORTLY BEFORE NOON A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE BLOOMINGTON AREA BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 1 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. GIBBS
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:43 PM EST, 48 minutes before
INZ009-012-031825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1240 PM EST THU MAY 3 1990 AT 1235 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE BLOOMINGTON AREA. A SMALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON TO ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR COLUMBUS...EDINBURG AND FRANKLIN BY 115 PM EST. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUS^TY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, May 3, 1:27 PM EST, 4 minutes before
INZ012-013-031900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 125 PM EST THU MAY 3 1990 AT 115 PM EST SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC AT COLUMBUS INDIANA...ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. AT 119 PM EST THE BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL ALONG THE BARTHOLOMEW AND BROWN COUNTY BORDER THAT OCCURRED AROUND 1PM EST. AT 120 PM EST THE STATE POLICE RELAYED A REPORT OF A PUBLIC SIGHTING OF A FUNNEL CLOUD IN BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY. THE EXACT LOCATION WAS UNKNOWN. AT 120 PM EST WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS GREENSBURG. PERSONS IN GREENSBURG SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN 130 PM AND 150 PM EST. EDWARDS
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.