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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Kosciusko County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 8:30 PM EST for Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 8:30 PM EST (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 9:00 PM EST
In force
30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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°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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSBN 030132
SVRSBN
INC085-030200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
830 PM EST PM JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...SOUTHERN KOSCUISKO
 
AT 830 PM EST...SOUTH BEND RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CLAYPOOL INDIANA...31 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE.
 
THIS STORM PRODUCED DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT 825 PM EST AT SILVER
LAKE INDIANA...31 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
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.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOSPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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 ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko34 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, 8:39 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.