Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 2:12 PM EST for Elkhart County, Saint Joseph County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 28, 1990, 2:12 PM EST (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1990, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Elkhart County, IN, Saint Joseph 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:18 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | St. Joseph, IN | |
| Aug 28, 2:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Elkhart, IN | |
| Aug 28, 2:42 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | 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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSBN 281912
SVRSBN
INC141-039-281945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
212 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
SOUTHERN ST JOSEPH IN...SOUTHERN ELKHART
AT 2 05 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LAKEVILLE...WYATT...
WAKARUSA...AND NAPPANEE.
THIS STORM IS CAUSING INTENSE LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. YOU
SHOULD SEEK INDOOR SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM PLUMBING OR APPLIANCES.
REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO 2RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
MOWERYWhat 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 28, 1:55 PM EST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 155 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1989 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 692 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... EAST OF LINE FROM SOUTH BEND TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO TO WINCHESTER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... KOKOMO...ELKHART...ANGOLA...WARSAW... FORT WAYNE...MARION...TIPTON...MUNCIE AND WINCHESTER. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 2:00 PM EST, 12 minutes before
INZ002-003-005-006-010-282000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 155 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 692 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... EAST OF LINE FROM SOUTH BEND TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO TO WINCHESTER. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... KOKOMO...ELKHART...ANGOLA...WARSAW... FORT WAYNE...MARION...TIPTON...MUNCIE AND WINCHESTER. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS "AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CORRECTION TO YEAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 2:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Elkhart | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 4:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jasper, Newton | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Newton | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 5:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, White | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 5:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte, Saint Joseph | 68 min |
| Aug 28, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Carroll | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 6:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clinton, Tipton | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 6:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.