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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 10, 1990Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1990, 5:20 PM EST for Montgomery County, Parke County, Indiana. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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
Mar 10, 1990, 5:20 PM EST (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 1990, 6:00 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, IN, Parke 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
Mar 10, 5:26 PM ESTHail 0.75Montgomery, IN
Mar 10, 5:30 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Montgomery, IN
Mar 10, 5:53 PM ESTHail 1Parke, 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 243 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 12:00Z on 1990-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1990-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 102220
SVRIND
INC011-107-121-102300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
520 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...WESTERN BOONE
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...PARKE
 
AT 518 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THREE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. ONE WAS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST BOONE COUNTY...ABOUT 35
MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THAT STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD
THORNTOWN.
 
THE SECOND STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD CRAWFORDSVILLE FROM WESTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
 
THE THIRD STORM...WHICH WAS MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN VERMILLION
COUNTY TOWARD BLOOMINGDALE AND JUDSON...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF TERRE
HAUTE...HAD A HISTORY OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.
 
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHDT 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.
MPD

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, Mar 10, 11:25 AM EST, 5 hours 55 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, 5 hours 2 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, 1 hour 33 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Warren49 min
Mar 10, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Vermillion31 min
Mar 10, 5:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBoone40 min
Mar 10, 6:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke, Putnam54 min
Mar 10, 6:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone, Hendricks, Marion, Putnam4 hr
Mar 10, 6:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison4 hr
Mar 10, 6:45 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDParke, Vermillion4 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.