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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 3, 1990Delaware County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 4:10 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Delaware, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature 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 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

 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, 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.

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, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko30 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, 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

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.