Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 8:01 PM EST for Cass County, Miami County, Indiana. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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, 8:01 PM EST (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, IN, Miami 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, 8:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Cass, IN | |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Miami, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 030103
SVRIND
INC017-103-030145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
801 PM EST JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...EASTERN CASS...MIAMI
AT 8 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOGANSPORT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 50
MILES PER HOUR. IT WAS HEADING TOWARD NEW WAVERLY AND THE AREA NEAR
PERU. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
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.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, 4:29 PM EST, 3 hours 32 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 53 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 53 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, 46 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:43 PM EST, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 740 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 AT 738 PM EST THE MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN COLFAX IN SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY. AT 738 PM THE STATE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN WORTHINGTON IN NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY. THE STATE POLICE HAS RELAYED A REPORT OF DAMAGE AND INJURIES FROM A TORNADO IN NEW WINCHESTER IN WESTERN HENDRICKS COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THERE IS A TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN CLINTON AND NORTHERN HENDRICKS COUNTY. A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM FOR THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF INDIANAPOLIS AND HAMILTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA. EDWARDS
Local storm report, Jun 2, 7:56 PM EST, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 755 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY A CITIZEN EAST OF SHOALS AT 750 PM EST. SHOALS IS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. AT SWITZ CITY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED TREES DOWN AND A ROOF OFF A BARN. THIS STORM OCCURRED AROUND 7 35 PM EST. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED AT KIRKLIN...30 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...THIS WAS AT 744 PM EST. AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS MEASURED WINDS OF 60 MPH 2 MILES WEST OF SHERIDAN...25 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. THIS WAS AT 755 PM EST. CURRAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 7:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fulton | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 7:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 7:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 16 min |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 17 min |
| Jun 2, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Dubois, Gibson, Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 8:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 8:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 8:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 9:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Spencer, Warrick | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 9:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 9:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 5:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 27 min |
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.