Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 2:39 PM EST for Lawrence County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1990, 2:39 PM EST (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, IN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 221939
SVRIND
INC093-222015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
239 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...LAWRENCE
AT 235 PM EST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT
10 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN
MARTIN COUNTY.
PEOPLE IN BEDFORD AND OOLITIC SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS THIS
STORM WILL BE IN THE AREA BY 248 PM EST.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDIeNG. 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.
EDWARDSWhat 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 22, 12:26 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
INZALL-230000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1225 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 IN INDIANA THIS .......TORNADO....... WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 00 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF CONNERSVILLE AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF CONNERSVILLE TO 20 MILES EAST OF GOSHEN. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...PERU...KOKOMO...MUNCIE... LAFAYETTE...ANDERSON...AND INDIANAPOLIS. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FORw LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:30 PM EST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
INZALL-221830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1228 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA AT 1225 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE ...NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE 8 MILES WEST OF LOGANSPORT IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA. GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER LOGANSPORT...TERRE HAUTE AND NEAR CRAWFORDSVILLE BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 100 PM EST. CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE PART OF INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 12:58 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
INZALL-221830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1258 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING QUICKLY ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA. SHORTLY BEFORE 1PM EST THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING TIPTON... LEBANON AND MOVING TOWARDS GREENCASTLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST. THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF TERRE HAUTE AS OF 1255 PM EST. THERE WERE NEW THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE MOVING QUICKLY EAST. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:29 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
INZALL-221930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 125 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 120 PM EST THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MUNCIE TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND THEN TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. BY 200 PM EST THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTOMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM NEAR MUNCIE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA AND THEN TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM EST. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 1:53 PM EST, 46 minutes before
INZALL-221930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 150 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 148 PM EST THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAT OF INDIANAPOLIS THROUGH THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF INDIANAPOLIS TO ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE MOST INTENSE STORM AT 148 PM EST WAS HEADED TOWARDS MOORESVILLE AND GREENWOOD. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF INDIANAPOLIS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NOBELSVILLE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE EAST AND SOUTH OF LAFAYETTE. THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:18 PM EST, 21 minutes before
INZALL-222015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 215 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 210 PM EST THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MUNCIE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AREA AND THEN TO BLOOMINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED BETWEEN LAFAYETTE AND KOKOMO. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. . AS OF 215 PM EST NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS...SEVERAL REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE RECEIVED BETWEEN 130 AND 200 PM EST FROM PARTS OF BOONE...HAMILTON AND MORGAN COUNTIES. AN INDIANAPOLIS TELEVISION STATION REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 44 MILES AN HOUR' AT 208 PM EST. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 1:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Martin | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 3:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Decatur | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.