Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1990, 7:08 PM EST for Hendricks County, Morgan County, Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 10, 1990, 7:08 PM EST (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1990, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Putnam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:35 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Morgan, IN | |
| Mar 10, 7:42 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hendricks, 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 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 110012 COR
SVRIND
INC063-109-133-110100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR THE COUNTY CODING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
708 PM EST MAR 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTHERN MORGAN AND SOUTHERN HENDRICKS
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
...SOUTHEASTERN PUTNAM
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL JUST
SOUTHEAST OF GREENCASTLE AT 659 PM EST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADARS FROM LOUISVILLE AND INDIANAPOLIS INDICATED THE STORM...WHICH
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL...WAS MOVING EAST
AT 25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES OF LITTLE POINT...STILESVILLE AND MONROVIA
WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THIS STORM BY 735 PM EST.
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.
MPDWhat 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, Mar 10, 3:47 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
INZALL-0612130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 ...THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING... AT 335 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST INDIANA 30 MILES NORTH THROUGH 30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER LAFAYETTE BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM. HAIL 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH WAS REPORTED AT HOOPESTON ILLINOIS...40 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE...AND SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BOSWELL...30 MILES WEST OF LAFAYETTE SHORTLY AFTER 330 PM. PEOPLE IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA SHOULD SEEK PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING BY STAYING INDOORS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAY CAUSE PONDING. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OVER NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM DELPHI TO MUNCIE. THEY WERE MOVING EAST. DS
Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:05 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED BY THE INDIANA STATE POLICE JUST NORTH OF ROCKFORD INDIANA AT 557 PM EST. AE/JTC
Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:09 PM EST, 59 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 605 PM EST SAT MAR 10 1990 HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED BY THE INDIANA STATE POLICE JUST NORTH OF ROCKVILLE INDIANA AT 557 PM EST. AE/JTC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 7:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Morgan, Owen | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:50 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Clinton | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Tippecanoe, Warren | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:22 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone | 3 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:05 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 4 hr |
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.