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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Indianapolis, IN

September 14, 1990Fayette County, Wayne County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 14, 2:40 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Wayne, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.
STEIGERWALDT

What 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 10:43 AM ESTTornado WarningINDSaint Joseph32 min
Sep 14, 11:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone53 min
Sep 14, 11:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami34 min
Sep 14, 12:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHoward36 min
Sep 14, 1:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBartholomew34 min
Sep 14, 2:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDecatur31 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.