Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 3:40 PM EST for Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1990, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1990, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.
- 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 072040
SVREVV
INC125-072115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
340 PM CDT (340 PM EST) FRI SEP 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT (415 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...PIKE
AT 335 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES NORTH
OF EVANSVILLE NEAR SPURGEON AND WINSLOW INDIANA. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS
A RECORD OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR SPURGEON OR WINSLOW INDIANA YOU SHOULD MOVE TO
A SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, 12:33 PM EST, 3 hours 7 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 EST, 1 hour 59 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 EST, 1 hour 57 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 EST, 55 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
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:24 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ008>015-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 AT 315 PM EST...RAINSHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 25 MILE BAND FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO RICHMOND. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM MONROE LAKE...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON TO NORTH VERNON TO 25 MILES EAST OF CLOUMBUS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MONROE LAKE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST AND THE TOWN OF HOUSTON BY 40O PM EST. PERSON IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. WJG
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:37 PM EST, 3 minutes before
INZ008>015-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 335 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 AT 325 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED 20 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...NEAR MEDORA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST ALONG THE JACKSON...WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF TAMPICO AND CROTHERVILLE..AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN STARVE HOLLOW STATE PARK ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARE FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOW. WJG
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 EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson | 31 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.