Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1990, 4:32 PM EST for Randolph County, Wayne County, Indiana. It was in force for 28 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, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Randolph County, IN, Wayne 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, 4:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Randolph, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 032135
SVRIND
INC135-177-032200-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
432 PM EST SUN JUN 3 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
...RANDOLPH...WAYNE
AT 432 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE. A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN
IN DEERFIELD IN NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGAING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A
SMALL TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT 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.
JEHWhat 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, 5 hours 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 56 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 43 minutes 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
Local storm report, Jun 3, 4:03 PM EST, 29 minutes before
INZALL-040000-
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
400 PM EST SUN JUN 3 1990
325 PM...TREE AND POWER LINES DOWN IN NORTHEAST AND NORTHERN TIPTON
COUNTY REPORTED BY STATE POLImCE
329 PM...50 TO 60 MPH WINDS REPORTED AT ELWOOD IN DELAWARE COUNTY
BY VOLUNTEER OBSERVER
342 PM...POWER LINES DOWN IN SHERIDAN IN SHERIDAN AREA
342 PM...TREES UPROOTED AT ELWOOD.
JEHThe 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, 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, 4:56 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.