Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1990, 12:09 PM EST for Howard County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 14, 1990, 12:09 PM EST (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1990, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard 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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 KIND 141710
SVRIND
INC067-141745-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1209 PM EST FRI SEP 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...EASTERN HOWARD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FIVE
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KOKOMO MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR TOWARD THE
TOWNS OF OAKFORD...CENTER...AND GUY. THE STORM WILL REACH THESE TOWNS
BETWEEN 1215 AND 1230 PM EST.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
MPDWhat 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 14, 10:05 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
INZ001>008-141600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1005 AM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEN MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO FORT WAYNE. AT 957 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO NEAR DANVILLE ILLINOIS. AS THAT LINE MOVED THROUGH CHICAGO IT PRODUCED WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MILES PER HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THEY ARE MOVING EAST AT CLOSE TO 35 MILES PER HOUR. THEY WILL BE FROM NEAR ELKHART TO LAFAYETTE TO ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF DANVILLE BY 11 AM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. . MPD
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 10:36 AM EST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
INZ001>008-141630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1035 AM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 AT 1020 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM SOUTH BEND TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF LAYAYETTE TO SOUTH BEND. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOURS AND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND LAYAYETTE...MONTICELLO AND LOGANSPORT BY 11 AM EST. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEN MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO FORT WAYNE. WJG
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 11:05 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
INZ001>012-141630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1105 AM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 AT 1100 AM EST...A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN SOUTH BEND AND ELKHART THROUGH THE LAFAYETTE AREA TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR SOUTH BEND AND...15...30 AND 35 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH WARSAW...PERU...KOKOMO...FRANKFORT AND CRAWSFORDSVILLE BETWEEN 1115 AND 1145 AM EST. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE. . A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FOR MOST OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEN MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO FORT WAYNE. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN...AND LAKE PORT8ER COUNTIES IN THE FAR NORTHWEST PART OF INDIANA. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 11:14 AM EST, 55 minutes before
INZ001>012-141700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND INDIANA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1115 AM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN MORE AUTUMNLIKE WEATHER INTO INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE FRONT WILL ALSO BRING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIANA UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR CENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE AREAS OF FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO AND TERRE HAUTE AND SOUTHEAST TO INDIANAPOLIS AND MUNCIE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS TORNADOES. MUCH MFORE PLEASANT WEATHER WILL ARRIVE IN INDIANA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLEASANT. REFRESHINGLY COOLER AIR WILL MAKE FOR GREAT FOOTBALL WEATHER IN CENTRAL INDIANA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 11:24 AM EST, 45 minutes before
INZ001>012-141700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1120 AM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 AT 1115 AM EST...A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 15 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO JUST EAST OF LOGANSPORT AND LAFAYETTE TO 25 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF...AND 35 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND...20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE...AND 25 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE THROUGH KENDALLVILLE...WABASH...KOKOMO...AND LEBANON BETWEEN 1130 AM AND NOON. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LINE. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH CRAWFORDSVILLE BY ABOUT 1130 AM...AND MAY PRODUCE STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS THAT MAY KNOCK DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TEN MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO FORT WAYNE...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO NEAR SOUTH BEND. STENIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 11:28 AM EST, 41 minutes before
INZ005>013-142200- AREAL OUTLINE FOR ......TORNADO...... WATCH NUMBER 746 - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1130 AM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 746 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROMT FORT WAYNE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...RICHMOND ...ANDERSON AND MUNCIE. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTSW AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WJG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 10:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Saint Joseph | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 11:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 53 min |
| Sep 14, 11:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 2:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fayette, Wayne | 41 min |
| Sep 14, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 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.