Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1990, 7:59 PM EST for Elkhart County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 16, 1990, 7:59 PM EST (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1990, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elkhart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:20 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Elkhart, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 KSBN 170100
SVRSBN
INC039-170145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
759 PM EST MON JUL 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTHERN ELKHART
AT 758 PM EST...SOUTH BEND RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OSCELOA INDIANA...10 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND.
THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER OR GREATER
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NORTHERN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INDIANA BETWEEN 700 PM
AND 800 PM EST.
TOWNS IN ELKHART COUNTY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ELKHART...
JAMESTOWN...AND DUNLAP INDIANA.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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.The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 7:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 31 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.