Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 3:49 PM EST for Delaware County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 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 3, 1990, 3:49 PM EST (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 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 3, 4:10 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 12:00Z, 8.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 032049
SVRIND
INC035-032130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
349 PM EST SUN JUN 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
DELAWARE
AT 342 PM EST...A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER REPORTED TREES WERE
KNOCKED DOWN IN ELWOOD...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE.
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ALMOST DUE EAST AT AROUND 40 MILES PER
HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT CAUSED DAMAGE IN ELWOOD WILL APPROACH THE
MUNCIE AREA BY 410 PM.
PEOPLE IN THE AREA AROUND THE CITY OF MUNCIE
SHOULD SEE_K SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
MPDWhat 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 3, 11:32 AM EST, 4 hours 17 minutes before
INZ001>007-040030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1135 AM EST EST SUN JUN 3 1990 WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREA LAKES IN THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA. BOATERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT WIND SPEEDS WILL BE GUSTING TO AS HIGH AS 35 TO 50 MPH ON OPEN WATERS TODAY OVER THE NORTH PORTION OF INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM CRAWFORDSVILLE TO PORTLAND. AT 11 AM THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 48 MPH AT GARY INDIANA...TO 52 MPH AT CHICAGO OHARE AIRPORT...AND TO 56 MPH AT MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN BOATERS AND DRIVERS OF HIGH PROVILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE DANGER THESE WINDS POSE TO VEHICLES AND THEIR OCCUPANTS. TOMORROW WILL BE A MUCH BETTER DAY FOR BOATING. CURRAN
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:36 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
INZ001>007-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 135 PM EST SUN JUN 3 1990 A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 7 PM EST. AIRBORNE DUST IN NORTHERN INDIANA WAS REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN SPOTS TO NEAR ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. STATE POLICE IN SAINT JOSEPH COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA REPORTED A 16 CAR ACCIDENT JUST WEST OF SOUTH BEND CAUSED BY NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING DUST. STATE AND COUNTY POLICE REPORTED VISIBILITES NEAR ZERO IN PARTS OF WABASH AND FULTON COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR...WERE PICKING UP DUST FROM OPEN FIELDS AND CAUSING AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITIES. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS IN NORTHERN INDIANA SHOULD SLOW DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IF THEY ENCOUNTER LOW VISIBILITIES. MPD
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:49 PM EST, 1 hour before
INZALL-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 250 PM EST SUN JUN 3 1990 A COLD AIR FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SITED IN NORTHERN INDIANA NEAR LAFAYETTE THIS AFTERNOON. STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A COLD AIR FUNNEL HAD BEEN SITED IN A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...AND THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING COLD AIR FUNNELS AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. NO SEVERE WEATHER SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY IS EXPECTED...BUT CONDITIONS MIGHT BRIEFLY DICTATE CAUTION. COLD AIR FUNNELS RARELY TOUCH DOWN...BUT THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO SO AND CAUSE ISOLATED DAMAGE. . MPD
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, 8:52 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, 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.