Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1990, 8:29 PM EST for Henry County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1990, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1990, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 200130
SVRIND
INC065-200200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
829 PM EST SUN AUG 19 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST HENRY
POLICE IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN IN NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY...ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNCIE...REPORTED TREES DOWN AND ROADS BLOCKED FROM
A THUNDERSTORM. THAT THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT SEVEN MILES NORTHWEST OF
NEW CASTLE MOVING TOWARD THE TOWNS OF MOUNT SUMMIT AND MOORELAND ALONG
U.S. ROUTE 36. IT WILL MOVE THROUGH THAT AREA BETWEEN 835 AND 855 PM
EST AS IT MOVES EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR.
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 POSSIBLE6 IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
MPDWhat 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, Aug 19, 3:52 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
INZ004-007-008-192200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 348 PM EST SUN AUG 19 1990 AT 340 PM EST...VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA AND NEAR THE INDIANA...ILLINOIS STATE LINE OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF RENNSELAER AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE THUNDERSTORM OVER NEWTON COUNTY WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH WHEATFIELD INDIANA BETWEEN 400 AND 415 PM EST. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT BUT HAS INTENSIFIED AND WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...SOME HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BLINDING RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS DRIVING THROUGH BLINDING RAIN SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ANTICPATE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:54 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
INZ004-005-007-008-010-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 450 PM EST SUN AUG 19 1990 AT 445 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYATTE TO ABOUT 30 MILE NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE. STATE POLICE REPORTED AT 435 PM EST THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE HAD PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM JUST EAST OF MUNCIE TO ABOUT RICHMOND AND ALSO NEAR THE INDIANA ILLINOIS BORDER ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE KOKOMO AREA MAY RECEIVE VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LAFAYATTE BY 600 PM EST. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:55 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
INZ004-005-009-010-192345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 555 PM EST SUN AUG 19 1990 AT 545 PM EST...AN AMATEUR RADIO COORDINATOR IN NORTHERN INDIANA REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND 40 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS NEAR REYNOLDS...ABOUT FIVE MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO IN NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAUSED THAT WEATHER WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF PERU IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA BY 6 PM. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA WEST OF RENSSELAER. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL CROSS INTO INDIANA FROM ILLINOIS BY 610 PM...COULD ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPO;URS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM WEST OF RENSSELAER TO NEAR PERU TO NEAR MUNCIE IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. . MPD
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 7:31 PM EST, 58 minutes before
INZ004-005-009-010-192345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 735 PM EST SUN AUG 19 1990 AT 725 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A NUMBER OF VERY LARGE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH PEA SIZED HAIL IN ELWOOD INDIANA...WHICH IS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDERSON. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUITHEAST AND WILL PASS BETWEEN ANDERSON AND MUNCIE TO NEAR MODOC BY 9 PM EST. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. CURRAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Henry | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 8:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Madison, Tipton | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 2:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry, Rush | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 3:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Madison | 82 min |
| Aug 20, 3:46 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Howard | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Warrick | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 6:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.