Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:55 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Spencer, 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.
- 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
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.
SUMMYWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware, Madison | 47 min |
| Aug 28, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard, Tipton | 41 min |
| Aug 28, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Rush | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 28, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 46 min |
| Aug 28, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Union | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 51 min |
| Aug 28, 11:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fayette, Henry, Rush | 118 min |
| Aug 28, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock | 53 min |
| Aug 29, 4:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vigo | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Putnam | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Morgan | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jennings | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson | 114 min |
| Aug 29, 10:57 AM CDT | 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.