Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1990, 4:44 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 10, 1990, 4:44 PM EST (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1990, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:07 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Vermillion, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 102146
SVRIND
INC121-165-102215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
444 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
...WESTERN PARKE...CENTRAL VERMILLION
AT 442 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING DANA...NEWPORT...AND BLOOMINGDALE IN WEST
CENTRAL INDIANA...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. THE STORM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THESE TOWNS BY 510 PM EST.
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, Mar 10, 11:25 AM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
INZALL-061720- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1125 AM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 1120 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN 15 MILE WIDE BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF LEBANON...TO NEAR MOORESVILLE...TO BLOOMINGTON TO MITCHELL. THESE STORMS HAVE BLINDING RAIN AND GUSTY WIND. SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WEKRE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE NOBLESVILLE...FRANKLIN...COLUMBUS AND SEYMOUR AROUND NOON. REPORT ANY HIGH WINDS OR LARGE HAIL TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GRAY
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 12:18 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
INZALL-0611800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1217 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 1210 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST SIDE OF THE INDIANAPOLIS METRO AREA...TO FRANKLIN...COLUMBUS AND BROWNSTOWN. THESE STORMS WERE CAUSING BLINDING DOWNPOURS BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND. THIS BAND OF STORMS WILL MOVE TO HAGERSTOWN...CONNERSVILLE...GREENSBURG AND VERSAILLES BY JUST AFTER 1PM EST. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER WESTERN INDIANA... FROM VEEDERSBURG...TO CRAWFORDSVILLE AND LEBANON...AND FARTHER NORTH AROUND DELPHI AND KEWANNA. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AROUND SHOALS AND BEDFORD. . REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 3:47 PM EST, 57 minutes before
INZALL-0612130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING... AT 335 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA 30 MILES NORTH THROUGH 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER LAFAYETTE BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. HAIL 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH WAS REPORTED AT HOOPESTON ILLINOIS...40 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...AND SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BOSWELL...30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE SHORTLY AFTER 330 PM. PEOPLE IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA SHOULD SEEK PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING BY STAYING INDOORS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAY CAUSE PONDING. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DELPHI TO MUNCIE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST. DS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Montgomery, Parke | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 5:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 6:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 54 min |
| Mar 10, 6:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 6:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.