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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 8:52 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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, 8:52 PM EST (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Delaware 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, 9:00 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Delaware, 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 030156
SVRIND
INC035-030230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
852 PM EST JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTHERN DELAWARE
AT 852 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREE MILES
NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES PER
HOUR TOWARD THE TOWNS OF EATON AND STOCKPORT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF
THE STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. MOVE INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. BE SURE YOU ARE ON THE LOWEST POSSIBLE FLOOR.
A TORNADO zWATCH 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:24 PM EST, 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 825 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 AT 820 PM EST THE POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTHEAST OF LOSANTVILLE...HALFWAY BETWEEN MUNCIE AND RICHMOND. AT 808PDN EST A REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC WAS RECEIVED OF ROOFS OFF THREE HOUSES IN CRAWFORDSVILLE. TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. CURRAN
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:28 PM EST, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 830 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 AT 805 PM EST THE POLICE REPORTED TREES DOWN NORTH OF LOGANSPORT. A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT TIL 9 PM EST FOR JACKSONL COUNTY. A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR SOITH GREENE... AND SOUTH SULLIVAN COUNTY. CURRAN
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:34 PM EST, 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 835 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 STATE POLICE REPORT A TORNADO ON HIGHWAY 50 NORTH OF BROWNSTORN IN JACKSON COINTY...REPORTED AT 835 PM EST. CURRAN
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:40 PM EST, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 839 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 AMATEUR RADIO REPORTED 3 INJURIES...ONE CRITICAL NEAR NEW MAYSVILLE 30 WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...THIS OCCURRED AROUND 745 PM E^ST. CURRAN
Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:43 PM EST, 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 845 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 MADISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE DIAMETER HAIL AND TREES DOWN ONE MILE NORTH OF ANDERSON AT 840 PM EST. f ...A TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY IS COMING UP... CURRAN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:52 PM EST, 0 minutes before
INZALL-030330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 850 PM EST EST SAT JUN 2 1990 THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM SULLIVAN TO INDIANAPOLIS TO MARION TO 20 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND. IT IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALSO OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA. RADAR AT 845 PM EST INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES NORTHEST OF FORT WAYNE TO NEAR MUNCIE. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF COLUMBUS AND TO THE SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON. THqE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HENDRICKSON
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, 8:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 44 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, 8:54 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 |
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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.