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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 29, 1990Spencer County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1990, 8:46 AM CDT for Spencer County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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 29, 1990, 8:46 AM CDT (13:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1990, 9:11 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Spencer 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, 8:55 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Spencer, 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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1864 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 291347
SVREVV
INC147-KYC059-291430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
846 AM CDT WED AUG 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...SPENCER
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
          ...DAVIESS
 
AT 840 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF
ROCKPORT INDIANA WHICH IS 25 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY BY 910 AM CDT.
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
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.
 
SUMMY

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 29, 2:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 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 CDT, 5 hours 36 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 CDT, 5 hours 23 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 CDT, 4 hours 55 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
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
INZ007>015-291400-

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO BLOOMINGTON AND
COLUMBUS.

IT STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS LINE SOUTHWARD UNTIL 900 AM EST
AND INLUDES MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE.

AT 630 AM EST THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN
INDIANA ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AND ALSO ABOUT
20 TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE.

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS
ALSO OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE STATE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ABOUT 25 MILES
WEST OF TERRE HAUTE.

ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 8:26 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
INZ008>012-291400-

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

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED FROM SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE ON
SOUTHEAST TOWARDS BEDFORD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL FALL ALONG THIS
LINE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM 20 MILES WEST
OF TERRE HAUTE TO THE SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON BETWEEN 830 AM AND 900 AM
EST.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA BETWEEN SULLIVAN AND LINTON CAyN EXPECT HEAVY
RAINS TO FALL THIS MORNING.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA WILL EXPIRE
AT 9AM EST.
EDWARDS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison45 min
Aug 28, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion42 min
Aug 28, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph, Wayne47 min
Aug 28, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware, Madison47 min
Aug 28, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward, Tipton41 min
Aug 28, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph29 min
Aug 28, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette33 min
Aug 28, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison45 min
Aug 28, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry46 min
Aug 28, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRush42 min
Aug 28, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne36 min
Aug 28, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock46 min
Aug 28, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFayette, Union39 min
Aug 28, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Marion51 min
Aug 28, 11:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDFayette, Henry, Rush118 min
Aug 28, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock53 min
Aug 29, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vigo41 min
Aug 29, 4:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPutnam29 min
Aug 29, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMorgan37 min
Aug 29, 4:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJohnson34 min
Aug 29, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGreene30 min
Aug 29, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew31 min
Aug 29, 5:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJackson23 min
Aug 29, 5:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMartin37 min
Aug 29, 5:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDJennings32 min
Aug 29, 5:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDFayette, Rush2 hr
Aug 29, 6:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson114 min
Aug 29, 10:57 AM CDTSevere 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.