Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 1990, 6:18 PM EST for Randolph County, Indiana. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 1990, 6:18 PM EST (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 1990, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 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 222319
SVRIND
INC135-222345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
618 PM EST SAT SEP 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...SOUTHERN RANDOLPH
AT 613 PM EST...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL
AT MUNCIE. THE STORM RESPONSIBLE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES PER
HOUR. IT WILL MOVE FROM THE VICINITY OF WINDSOR...ABOUT 10 MILES EAST
OF MUNCIE...TO LYNN IN SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY BETWEEN 625 AND
650 PM.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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 22, 5:58 PM EST, 20 minutes before
INZ006>010-013-222355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 555 PM EST SAT SEP 22 1990 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA AT 550 PM EST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE CLOSE TO MUNCIE...35 MILES NORTHEST OF COLUMBUS AND IN THE COLUMBUS AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. AT 543 PM EST...PEA SIZE TO SLIGHTLY UNDER MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND 2 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE. THIS WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC. ALSO...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NORTH OF BROWNSBURG BY AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR AROUND 515 PM EST. . STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITIES OF MUNCIE... ANDERSONVILLE...BUENA VISTA AND COLUMBUS BETWEEN 6 AND 615 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THESE CITIES SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNDER THE STORMS PASS. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 6:02 PM EST, 16 minutes before
INZ006>010-013-222355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 555 PM EST SAT SEP 22 1990 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA AT 550 PM EST. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE CLOSE TO MUNCIE...35 MILES NORTHEST OF COLUMBUS AND IN THE COLUMBUS AREA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. AT 543 PM EST...PEA SIZE TO SLIGHTLY UNDER MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND 2 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE. THIS WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC. ALSO...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NORTH OF BROWNSBURG BY AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR AROUND 515 PM EST. . STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITIES OF MUNCIE... ANDERSONVILLE...BUENA VISTA AND COLUMBUS BETWEEN 6 AND 615 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THESE CITIES SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PEA SIZE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED. STEIGERWALDT
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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.