Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 8:13 PM EST for Delaware County, Madison County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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, 8:13 PM EST (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1990, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Delaware County, IN, Madison 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, 8:24 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Delaware, IN | |
| Aug 28, 8:35 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Madison, 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, 1.2 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
- 1965 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 290113
SVRIND
INC035-095-290200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
813 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...DELAWARE
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...MADISON
AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 1 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL 1 MILE
NORTH OF SUMMITVILLE AT 8 PM EST AND AGAIN AT 808 PM EST. SUMMITVILLE
IS 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE.
THE STORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THE HAIL WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.
PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA...ANDERSON...MUNCIE AND YORKTOWN
SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE STREET FLOODING IN THESE CITIES AND
MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED STREETS AND
INTERSECTIONS.N
STEIGERWALDTWhat 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, 2:30 PM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
INZ001>006-010-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 230 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990 TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THESE TWO WATCHES IS FROM SOUTH BEND TO 10 MILES SOUTH KOKOMO. THE WESTERN WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST...THE EASTERN WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST. AT 225 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTERME NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SOUTH BEND. THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ST. JOSEPH AND SOUTHERN ELKHART COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... KOKOMO...ELKHART...ANGOLA...WARSAW... FORT WAYNE...MARION...TIPTON...MUNCIE...WINCHESTER...SOUTH BEND... ROCHERSTER...LOGANSPORT...VALPARAISO...LAPORTE...MONTICELLO AND RENSSELAER. 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 STATEMENTSY AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WJG
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 3:27 PM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
INZ001>006-010-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 320 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990 TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THESE TWO WATCHES IS FROM SOUTH BEND TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO. THE WESTERN WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST...THE EASTERN WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST. AT 315 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTERME NORTHERN INDIANA BETWEEN SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICIES AT BOTH SOUTH BEND AND FORT WAYNE HAVE ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SOME COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA. THE WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELKHART COUNTY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM. ANOTHER WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM FOR SOUTHERN LAGRANGE AND NOBLE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED 1 1/2 HAIL IN ROCKFORD ILLINOIS WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... KOKOMO...ELKHART...ANGOLA...WARSAW... FORT WAYNE...MARION...TIPTON...MUNCIE...WINCHESTER...SOUTH BEND... ROCHERSTER...LOGANSPORT...VALPARAISO...LAPORTE...MONTICELLO AND RENSSELAER. 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. WJG
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:06 PM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
INZ001>006-010-282210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 405 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990 TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN INDIANA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THESE TWO WATCHES IS FROM SOUTH BEND TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO. THE WESTERN WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST...THE EASTERN WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREAS ARE SOUTH BEND...KOKOMO... ELKHART...ANGOLA...WARSAW...FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE AND RENSSELAER. AT 400 PM EST RADAR SHOWED DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN CHICAGO AND OTHERS OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN SOUTH BEND AND TO THE NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. . PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 7:21 PM EST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 720 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 696 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO MADISON AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH WEST OF FAWLER TO BLUFFTON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800PM FOR NORTHWEST INDIANA AND UNTIL 900 PM FOR NORTHEAST INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...LAFAYETTE... TERRE HAUTE AND BLOOMINGTON. 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 LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 7:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 7:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 8:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 8:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 8:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 9:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 9:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 9:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 9:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 10:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 10:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Union | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 10:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 11:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fayette, Henry, Rush | 118 min |
| Aug 28, 11:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 53 min |
| Aug 29, 4:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vigo | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 4:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 4:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 4:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 5:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 5:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 5:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 5:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 5:43 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 5:57 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:06 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 114 min |
| Aug 29, 8:46 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Spencer | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 10:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 33 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.