Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT for Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 2, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Newton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Newton, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 295 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 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 022215
SVRIND
INC007-111-171-022300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
515 PM EST (515 PM CDT) SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST (600 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
...BENTON...SOUTHERN NEWTON
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTHERN WARREN
AT 512 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES PER HOUR TOWARD THE COMMUNITIES OF
BOSWELL...EARL PARK AND KENTLAND. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULMOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST POSSIBLE FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS.
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.
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski, Starke | 22 min |
| Jun 2, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Cass | 47 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.