Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 10:42 AM EST for Fountain County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1990, 10:42 AM EST (15:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1990, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fountain County, IN, Vermillion County, IN
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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 269 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
- 1234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 071542
SVRIND
INC045-165-071630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1042 AM EST FRI SEP 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
SOUTHERN FOUNTAIN...NORTHERN VERMILLION
AT 1040 AN EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAYUGA OR
35 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MILES AN HOUR. THE TOWNS OF KINGMAN AND CAYUGA ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND 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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
KOLDITZWhat 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, Sep 7, 10:28 AM EST, 14 minutes before
INZ008>015-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1028 AM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON AND OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE GUSTS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER AND 3/4 INCH DIAMETER HAIL OR GREATER. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 35 min |
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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.