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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 7:26 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 7:26 PM EST (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 8:00 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Kosciusko 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
Jun 2, 8:00 PM ESTHail 0.75Kosciusko, 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSBN 030027
SVRSBN
INC085-030100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
726 PM EST PM JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...KOSCUISKO
 
AT 722 PM EST...RADAR AT SOUTH BEND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER NORTHWESTERN KOSCIUSKO COUNTY FROM MILFORD INDIANA...27 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND...SOUTHWEST TO MENTONE INDIANA...34 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH BEND.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS KOSCIUSKO COUNTY TO AROUND
NORTH WEBSTER AND PIERCETON INDIANA BY 800 PM EST.
 
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.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Jun 2, 3:50 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
INZALL-022130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
348 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EST FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A FEW CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE
SOUTH BEND...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...LAPORTE...MONTICELLO...
CRAWFORSVILLE...AND TERRE HAUTE.

AT 340 PM ONLY A FEW RAINSHOWERS WERE DETECTED IN CENTRAL INDIANA...
BUT THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST. SHOWERS AND STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS COULD RAPIDLY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME.

RESIDENTS OF INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH INDIANA DURING THIS EVENING
CAUSING STRONG...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS. TORNADOES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE.
.
OTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE ISSUED LATER FOR OTHER PARTS
OF INDIANA.

STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND HAVE A SAFE SHELTER
IN MIND BEFOIRE BAD WEATHER ARRIVES. REPORT LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND
TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:10 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
INZALL-022200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
410 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EST FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A FEW CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE
SOUTH BEND...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...LAPORTE...MONTICELLO...
CRAWFORSVILLE...AND TERRE HAUTE.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VERY DAMAGING WINDS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 500 PM AND 700 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE
TORNADO WATCH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED OR AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

AT 405 PM EST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY EAST OF
SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST
TOWARDS WEST CENTRAL INDIANA.

IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST BEGINNING TO FORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAFAYETTE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR COLUMBUS ABOUT
40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS.

OTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE ISSUED LATER FOR OTHER PARTS
OF INDIANA.

STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND HAVE A SAFE SHELTER
IN MIND BEFORE BAD WEATHER ARRIVES. REPORT LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND
TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIVONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:29 PM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before
INZALL-022200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
425 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF
INDIANA. THE AREA INCLUDED IS EAST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST
OF SOUTH BEND TO 60 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES
INCLUDED ARE INDIANAPOLIS...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO...EVANSVILLE...
SEYMOUR...COLUMBUS...BLOOMINGTON AND MADISON.

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VtERY DAMAGING TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA.

PEOPLE IN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:08 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
INZALL-022330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
510 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS EVENING.  OVER WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR
THE REST OF THE STATE IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST.

JUST AFTER 500 PM EST A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WERE LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES
WEST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  UNLESS THESE
STORMS DISSIPATE A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED BEFORE 600 PM JUST
FOR THE COUNTIES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE.
HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:08 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
INZALL-022345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
610 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS EVENING.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER OVER WEST
CENTRAL INDIANA WERE MOVING QUICKLY EAST TOWARDS LAFAYETTE AND
CRAWFORDSVILLE.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM INDIANAPLIS TO 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS.

PERSONS WITH PLANS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIEQS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS STORMS APPROACH
AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF TORNADOES IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE.
EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:15 PM EST, 11 minutes before
INZALL-030100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
714 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS EVENING.

AT 710 PM EST A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHERN
AND THE WESTERN HALF OF CENTRAL INDIANA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND TO NEAR LAFAYATTE. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE AND GREEN CASTLE AND ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
INDIANAPOLIS.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
BLOOMINGTON.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL TORNADOES.  PERSONS TO
THE NORTHWEST AND WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES PER HOUR. STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO NEAR AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS BY
730 PM EST AND TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON BY 800 PM EST.

HENDRICKSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess30 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone, Clinton49 min
Jun 2, 7:17 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks38 min
Jun 2, 7:18 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGibson, Knox42 min
Jun 2, 7:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene50 min
Jun 2, 7:26 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMartin49 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCass, Miami46 min
Jun 2, 7:34 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFulton26 min
Jun 2, 7:35 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Marion40 min
Jun 2, 7:40 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPike50 min
Jun 2, 7:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Monroe42 min
Jun 2, 7:57 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox48 min
Jun 2, 7:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko16 min
Jun 2, 8:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Miami44 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene40 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSullivan17 min
Jun 2, 8:11 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson49 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDubois, Gibson, Pike50 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMartin50 min
Jun 2, 8:28 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMadison47 min
Jun 2, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko30 min
Jun 2, 8:39 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence51 min
Jun 2, 8:44 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew46 min
Jun 2, 8:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware38 min
Jun 2, 8:54 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVanderburgh36 min
Jun 2, 8:58 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Jennings47 min
Jun 2, 9:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson30 min
Jun 2, 9:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSpencer, Warrick35 min
Jun 2, 9:38 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJennings52 min
Jun 2, 9:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson24 min
Jun 3, 3:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison51 min
Jun 3, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware41 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion45 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry45 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph, Wayne28 min
Jun 3, 4:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne34 min
Jun 3, 5:03 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFayette, Rush27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.