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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 29, 1990Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1990, 4:04 AM EST for Parke County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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 29, 1990, 4:04 AM EST (09:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1990, 4:45 AM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Parke County, IN, Vigo 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 29, 4:10 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Parke, IN
Aug 29, 4:12 AM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Vigo, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 267 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1965 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KIND 290903
SVRIND
INC121-167-290945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
404 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...PARKE...VIGO
 
AT 400 AM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM 20 MILES NORTH OF
TERRE HAUTE MOVING EAST AT 50 MILE AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF ROCKVILLE...MECCA...AND TERRE HAUTE SHOULD
SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
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.

What 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, 11:26 PM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
1125 PM EST TUE AUG 28 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 696 FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM
40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO TIPTON TO PORTLAND. THE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL
100 AM EST.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 30 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS
SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR CINCINNATI AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
30 MPH. OTHER WEAKER AND WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE
INDICATED BY RADAR OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BY 1200 AM EST.

GIBBS
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:47 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
245 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990

AT 235 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO PARTS OF
EXTREME NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA.

THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST NORTHWEST
OF LAFAYETTE NEAR TO CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE
VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE STRONGEST THUNDESTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST OF CHAMPAIGN
ILLINOIS AND 20 MILES WEST OF FOWLER INDIANA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN
FOWLER AND NEWPORT AFTER 310 AM EST.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:57 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
INZ007>009-011-012-014-015-291400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
250 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990

IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 200 AM  EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE TO 25 MILES
MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND...WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...
TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD AND EVANSVILLE.

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.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:10 AM EST, 54 minutes before
INZ007>009-011-012-014-015-291400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
250 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990

IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 AM  EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE TO 25 MILES
MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND...WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES
NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...
TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD AND EVANSVILLE.

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.

...EXPIRATION TIME OF WATCH SHOULD BE 900 AM EST...
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:23 AM EST, 41 minutes before
INZ004>009-011-012-014-015-290930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
320 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR A
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS...
TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD AND EVANSVILLE.

AT 310 AM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING HEAVY RAIN FROM
INDIANAPOLIS EAST TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS
WERE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST WEST
OF RUSHVILLE.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM JUST SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT
TO 10 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. BLINDING RAIN...GUSTY WINDS
AND SOME HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARDS KOKOMO
...LAFAYETTE AND WILLIAMSPORT BETWEEN 320AM AND 345 AM EST.
.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COUNTIES IN
ILLINOIS THAT BORDER WARREN AND VERMILLION COUNTIES IN WEST
CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 4AM EST. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SEVERE STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING.
EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:51 AM EST, 13 minutes before
INZ004>015-290955-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
348 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR A
LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED FROM 18 MILES NORTHEAST
OF TERRE HAUTE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 15 MILES
SOUTH OF RICHMOND. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARTINSVILLE
AND SHELBYVILLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN 350 AM AND 415 AM EST.

ANOTHER LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR KOKOMO TO
LAFAYETTE TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS. POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS WERE 40
MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 35 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE.

PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...IN THE CITIES OF CRAWFORDSVILLE
...TERRE HAUTE AND ROCKVILLE CAN EXPECT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS TO
POUND THEIR AREA AS THE STORM MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 350 AND 430 AM EST.
EDWARDS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison45 min
Aug 28, 7:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion42 min
Aug 28, 7:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph, Wayne47 min
Aug 28, 8:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison47 min
Aug 28, 8:19 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton41 min
Aug 28, 8:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph29 min
Aug 28, 8:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette33 min
Aug 28, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison45 min
Aug 28, 9:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry46 min
Aug 28, 9:48 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush42 min
Aug 28, 9:54 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne36 min
Aug 28, 10:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock46 min
Aug 28, 10:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union39 min
Aug 28, 10:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion51 min
Aug 28, 11:02 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFayette, Henry, Rush118 min
Aug 28, 11:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock53 min
Aug 29, 4:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam29 min
Aug 29, 4:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan37 min
Aug 29, 4:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson34 min
Aug 29, 5:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene30 min
Aug 29, 5:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew31 min
Aug 29, 5:37 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson23 min
Aug 29, 5:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin37 min
Aug 29, 5:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings32 min
Aug 29, 5:57 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDFayette, Rush2 hr
Aug 29, 6:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson114 min
Aug 29, 8:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDSpencer25 min
Aug 29, 10:57 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPike33 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.