Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 7:15 PM EST for Benton County, Newton County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 1990, 7:15 PM EST (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1990, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, IN, Newton 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1037 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 230020 COR
SVRIND
INC111-007-230045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
715 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF INDIANA
SOUTHERN NEWTON...NORTHERN BENTON
AT 700 PM EST...RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
IROQUOIS COUNTY ILLINOIS WHICH IS ADJACENT TO NEWTON AND BENTON
COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED A BRIEF
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN THE TOWN OF SHELDON ILLIOIS WHICH 43 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE.
PERSONS IN SOUTHERN NEWTON AND NORTHERN BENTON COUNTIES SHOULD
SEEK SHLETER AT ONCE IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
KOLDITZWhat 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, 2:18 PM EST, 4 hours 57 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
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:07 PM EST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
INZALL-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 305 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 IN INDIANA THIS .......TORNADO....... WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 00 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... EAST OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO OWENSBURG KENTUCKY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...COLUMBUS ...MADISON...AND LAWRENCEBURG. 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 FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. . PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:13 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
INZALL-222115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 310 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 308 PM EST VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL INDIANA FROM JUST SOUTH OF RUSHVILLE...NORTH OF COLUMBUS AND APPROACHING COLUMBUS. WINDS ARE LIKELY GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR IN SOUTHERN RUSH COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN COLUMBUS BEWTEEN 315 PM AND 330 PM EST. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO FALL IN COLUMBUS AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE CITY. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE EAST OF MUNICE. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:26 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
INZALL-222120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 323 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 00 PM EST FOR THAT PORTION OF INDIANA ALONG AND EAST OF LINE FROM ANGOLA TO FRANKLIN TO OWENSBURG KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED AT 1220 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO FRANKLIN. NO TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INDIANAPOLIS. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:43 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
INZALL-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 440 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 AT 430 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WAS IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF BROOKVILLE AND BATESVILLE TO 10 MILES EAST OF BATESVILLE AND FROM HALFWAY BETWEEN DEPUTY AND CARROLLTON KENTUCKY TO ENGLISH INDIANA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE STATE BY 630 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA ALONG AND EAST OF LINE FROM ANGOLA TO FRANKLIN TO OWENSBURG KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED AT 1220 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO FRANKLIN. . IN ADDITION TO THESE STRONG STORMS...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE FALLING OVER WESTCENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN TERRE HA9UTE AND LAFAYETTE AND IN NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA NEAR PERU AND BUNKER HILL. ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE FALLING IN THE INDIANAPOILS METRO AREA. DUMEYER
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 4:53 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
INZALL-222245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 445 PM EST FRI JUN 22 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA EAST OF A LINE FROM ANGOLA TO FRANKLIN TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AT 445 PM EST. SCATTERED SHOWERS STILL LINGERED IN NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL INDIANA. MKOLDITZ
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.