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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1990, 11:07 PM EST for Hancock County, Indiana. It was in force for 53 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
- Aug 28, 1990, 11:07 PM EST (04:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1990, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock 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, 11:40 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Hancock, 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 290407
SVRIND
INC059-290500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1107 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
HANCOCK
AT 1100 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED INTO
NORTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF GREENFIELD AND
FOUNTAINTOWN SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE APPROACHING STORM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND 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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
KOLDITZWhat 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, 7:21 PM EST, 3 hours 46 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, 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 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
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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.