Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1990, 2:19 PM EST for Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 14, 1990, 2:19 PM EST (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1990, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fayette County, IN, Wayne 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 14, 2:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wayne, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 141924
SVRIND
INC041-177-142000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
219 PM EST FRI SEP 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...FAYETTE...SOUTHERN WAYNE
AT 218 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF RICHMOND.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE AND WATERLOO
SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME IN THESE CITIES...MOVE TO A STRONG
BUILDING
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
STEIGERWALDTWhat 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, 11:28 AM EST, 2 hours 51 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
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 12:40 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
INZ001>012-141830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1238 PM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 AT 1235 PM EST...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE FORT WAYNE AREA TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST TO 25 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO NEAR HARTFORD CITY...ALEXANDRIA ...ANDERSON...THE NORTH AND WEST SIDES OF INDIANAPOLIS TO PLAINFIELD BY ABOUT 1 PM EST. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES WEST OF ANGOLA...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 1:04 PM EST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
INZ001>012-141845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 100 PM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 AT 1255 PM EST...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EAST OF FORT WAYNE AREA TO 12 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. ANOTHER NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE...AND EXTENDED FROM 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOGANSPORT TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS WERE IN THE TERRE HAUTE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT...FROM ANDERSON TO 12 MILES NORTH OF CARMEL...AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. ANOTHER OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS AT TERRE HAUTE. . THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN OVER MUCH OF THE INDIANAPOLIS AREA BETWEEN 110 PM AND 2 PM EST...AND WILL BEGIN AT MUNCIE...ANDERSON AND GREENFIELD BY 2 PM EST. . A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAFAYETTE TO 20 MILES WEST OF ANGOLA...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 1:26 PM EST, 53 minutes before
INZ001>012-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 125 PM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 AT 120 PM EST...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANDERSON TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MOORESVILLE AND GREENWOOD OR 12 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS. WINDS GUSTED TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AT THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 115 PM EST...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. BRIEF BUT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO OVER PARTS OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE AT REDUCED SPEED WHEN ENCOUNTERING HEAVY RAIN. . BRIEF STREET FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS BY. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:12 PM EST, 7 minutes before
INZ003-005-006-008>013-141945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 208 PM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 TWO BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS INDIANA AT 2 PM EST. THE FIRST BAND EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN MUNCIE AND RICHMOND...TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE...TO 20 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON AND CONTINUING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE SECOND AND SMALLER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE TO NEAR INDIANAPOLIS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 45 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR NEW LISBON AND 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR RUSHVILLE. A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED 1.10 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A 35 MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME ENDING AT 145 PM EST IN MUNCIE...CAUSING STREET FLOODING. BRIEF BLINDING RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 25 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF TERRE HAUT9E TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:19 PM EST, 0 minutes before
INZALL-150200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 218 PM EST FRI SEP 14 1990 IN INDIANA THIS TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TELL CITY TO 25 MILES SOUTH RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... MADISON...LAWRENCEBURG...CHARLESTOWN AND NEW ALBANY. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHERA IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRICE
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, 12:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Howard | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 2:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.