Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 2:59 PM CDT for Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 7, 1990, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1990, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gibson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 3:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Gibson, IN | |
| Sep 7, 3:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Gibson, 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 861 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 072000
SVREVV
INC051-072030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
259 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...GIBSON
AT 255 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTH
OF EVANSVILLE NEAR PRINCETON INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE LIVING IN AND NEAR PATOKA AND
PRINCETON SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIuGHTNING...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, Sep 7, 11:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
INZALL-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1115 AM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 733 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO WINCHESTER IN NORTHEAST RANDOLPH COUNTY OF EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... TERRE HAUTE....CRAWFORDSVILLE...LEBANON... INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...MUNCIE AND RICHMOND. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AAREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KOLDITZ
Local storm report, Sep 7, 11:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1145 AM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 AT 1132 AM EST HAIL THE SIZE OF A QUARTER WAS REPORTED BY LOCAL SHERIFF AT THORNTOWN IN BOONE COUNTY WHICH IS ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
INZ008>013-015-071800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1230 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND INCLUDE THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO WINCHESTER IN EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...TERRE AHUTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...LEBANON... INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...MUNCIE AND RICHMOND. AT 1225 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL PASS TO THE EAST OF GREENCASTLE. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST PART OF MADISON COUNTY. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY BY 1 PM EST. SO FAR THE STORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LIGHT WINDS AND VERY SMALL HAIL. IT THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
INZ008>013-015-071930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 135 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND INCLUDE THAT PAART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO WINCHESTER IN EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...TERRE HAUTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...LEBANON... INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...MUNCIE AND RICHMOND. AT 130 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND 5 MILES NORTH OF GREENCASTLE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PUTNAM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO BETWEEN 200 AND 300 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN# HOUR. IT THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 1:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
INZ008>013-015-071930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 135 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA AND INCLUDE THAT PAART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO WINCHESTER IN EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...TERRE HAUTE...CRAWFORDSVILLE...LEBANON... INDIANAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...MUNCIE AND RICHMOND. AT 130 PM EST...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME HEAVY WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND 5 MILES NORTH OF GREENCASTLE...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL PUTNAM COUNTY WILL BE MOVING INTO THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO BETWEEN 200 AND 300 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING& TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. PRZYBYLINSKI
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 2:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
INZ008>013-015-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 235 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 AT 230 PM EST...RAINSHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. THE RAeINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pike | 35 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.