Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Indianapolis, IN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
740 PM EST TUE MAY 15 1990

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS
EVENING.

AT 735 PM ESR RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG STORMS FROM JUST EAST OF
ROCKVILLE TO NEAR RACCOON LAKE. THIS IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TERRE HAUTE.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST THROUGH
PORTLAND MILLS...FINCASTLE AND BAINBRIDGE BY 815PM EST. STAY INDOORS
TIL THE STORMS PASS. TORRENTIAL RAIN...LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL MAY
ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
HEAVY RAIN. THE LEADING EDGE WAS FROM ATTICA TO 25 MIILES NORTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EST FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

ALLSOPP

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
740 PM EST TUE MAY 15 1990

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL INDIANA THIS
EVENING.

AT 735 PM EST RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG STORMS FROM JUST EAST OF
ROCKVILLE TO NEAR RACCOON LAKE. THIS IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
TERRE HAUTE.

THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST THROUGH
PORTLAND MILLS...FINCASTLE AND BAINBRIDGE. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORMS PASS. LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN. THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE RAIN WAS FROM ATTICA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO
20 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE.

RAIN WILL BE TO LAFAYETTE...LEBANON...INDIANAPOLIS AND SULLIVAN BY
830 TO 900 PM EST.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EST FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.

ALLSOPP

CORRECTED...PRODUCT WAS GARBRLED BY COMPUTER...

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
830 PM EST TUE MAY 15 1990

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST
PART OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA AT 825 PM EST.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 15 TO 20 MILES WEST AND FROM 10 TO 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT LIZTON IN HENDRICKS COUNTY AT
820 PM EST. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS NOT CONFIRMED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS AND STREET FLOODING AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR ACROSS THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA.
STEIGERWALDT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
910 PM EST TUE MAY 15 1990

THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 237 FOR THE SOUTH HALF OF INDIANA EXPIRED
AT 9 PM EST. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE CONTINUED FOR EXTREME
SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 1030 PM EST.

THE WATCH IS ALIGNED FROM 40 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO MADISON IN
JEFFERSON COUNTY.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE...VINCENNES...EVANSVILLE...PAOLI AND SALEM.

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 STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
KOLDITZ

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1010 PM EST TUE MAY 15 1990

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS
EVENING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FOR FAR SOUTHERN INDIANA SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO MADISON UNTIL 1030 PM EST.

AT 1005 PM RAAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BLOOMFIELD TO NEAR MITCHELL...OR 20 TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON.
THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH BEDFORD...HELTONVILLE AND PAOLI BY 11PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM NEAR ANDERSON TO RUSHVILLE
...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS.
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SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
ALLSOPP

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
1035 PM EST TUE MAY 15 1990

THE TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF INDIANA
EXPIRED AT 1030 PM EST.

AT 1030 PM EST RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM MUNCIE TO GREEN-
FIELD TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT FOR THE SOUTH HALF OF
INDIANA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP
OVER THE SOUTH HALF TONIGHT. THE SATURATED SOIL MAY NOT READILY HOLD
THE ADDITIONAL WATER AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.

KOLDITZ