Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 9:54 PM EST for Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 1990, 9:54 PM EST (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1990, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 290253
SVRIND
INC177-290330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
954 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...WAYNE
AT 950 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 20 MILES WEST NORTH WEST OF
RICHMOND MOVING INTO WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY.
PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF CAMBRIDGE CITY AND EAST GERMAN TOWN ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATELY.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
HAINESWhat 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, 4:06 PM EST, 5 hours 48 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, 2 hours 33 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 LOOKOUT 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, 8:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.