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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 29, 1990Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1990, 9:11 AM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 1990, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1990, 9:55 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Ohio County, KY

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1990-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1990-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 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
1006 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 291412
SVREVV
KYC183-291500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
911 AM CDT WED AUG 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
          ...OHIO
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IT WILL MOVE
INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF WHITESVILLE AND PLEASANT RIDGE BY 920 AM CDT
AND TO NEAR HARFORD BY 940 AM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR DAVIESS COUNTY KENTUCKY UNTIL 930 AM CDT. THE WARNING FOR
SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
BLOCK

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, 3:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 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, 5 hours 20 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 32 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, 45 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 29, 8:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDaviess44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.