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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Indianapolis, IN

August 29, 1990Pike County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1990, 10:57 AM EST for Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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, 10:57 AM EST (15:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1990, 11:30 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Pike 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, 11:17 AM ESTHail 0.75Pike, 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 291557
SVREVV
INC125-291630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1057 AM CDT (1057 AM EST) WED AUG 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT (1130 AM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...PIKE
 
AT 1055 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR
PETERSBURG IN PIKE COUNTY...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE. IT WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR WINSLOW
INDIANA BY ABOUT 1115 AM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK 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.
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, 6:39 AM EST, 4 hours 18 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 EST, 2 hours 31 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
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 9:17 AM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
INZ008>012-291500-

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

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS EXPIRED.
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS EXPIRED.
THERE ARE NO WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR ANY PORTION OF
INDIANA

AT 905 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE MOVING
THROUGH WESTCENTRAL INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 25 TO 50
MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA
WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE TOWNS OF FREELANDVILLE AND WESTPHALIA BY
945 AM. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND INTENSE
LIGHTNING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
HAINES
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 10:30 AM EST, 27 minutes before
INZ008>012-291615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1028 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990

THERE ARE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT ANYWHERE
IN INDIANA.

AT 1020 AM EST...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE
OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA. OTHERS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
EXTENDED EASTWARD THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA...TO VERSAILLES...MADISON
AND LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE RAIN EXTENDED FROM
CARLISLE...TO BEDFORD...TO BROOKVILLE.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

THERE MAY STILL BE SOME ROADS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
THAT HAVE WATER PROBLEMS. VERY HEAVY RAINS EARLY THIS MORNING CAUSED
FLOODING FROM JOHNSON COUNTY...ACROSS SHELBY...RUSH...AND FAYETTE
COUNTIES. SOME ROADS IN THESE COUNTIES MAY STILL HAVE PONDED WATER
OR HAVE WATER FLOWING ACROSS LOW SPOTS.

MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR POzNDED WATER OR DEBRIS
ON THE ROADWAY.

GRAY

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, 4:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vigo41 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

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.