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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 30, 1990Wabash County, Illinois; Gibson County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 12:45 PM CDT for Wabash County, Illinois; Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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 30, 1990, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1990, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Wabash County, IL, Gibson 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 30, 1:04 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Gibson, 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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-30Temperature 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 301746
SVREVV
ILC185-INC051-301815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1245 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
          ...WABASH
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...GIBSON
 
AT 1242 PM CDT...ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAD DOWNED TREES JUST SOUTH OF MT CARMEL ILLINOIS. THE STORM IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL BE OVER KEENSBURG ILLINOIS AND
PRINCETON INDIANA...25 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE...BY 100 PM. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
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.
RUNNELS

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 30, 11:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
1100 AM EST SAT JUN 30 1990

IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 562 IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 400 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...
SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO
30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE...
VINCENNES...JASPER AND PETERSBURG.

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.

AT 11 AM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 100
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. THESE STRONG STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN SULLIVAN AND KNOX
COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AROUND NOON.

IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SSIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE.

KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
1155 AM EST SAT JUN 30 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FOR A LARGE
PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BLOOMINGTON.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE...
VINCENNES...JASPER AND PETERSBURG.

AT 1145 AM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
ENTER SULLIVAN AND KNOX COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AT 1215 PM EST.

SO FAR NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED BY STATE POLICE IN ILLINOIS.
HOWEVER...PERSONS IN SULIVAN AND KNOX COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. IT THREATENING
CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE.

KOLDITZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo50 min
Jun 30, 12:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay41 min
Jun 30, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke51 min
Jun 30, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion26 min
Jun 30, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte45 min
Jun 30, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall45 min
Jun 30, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton38 min
Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1990Severe 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.