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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 30, 1990Marshall County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 5:15 PM EST for Marshall County, Indiana. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1990, 5:15 PM EST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1990, 6:00 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Marshall 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1097 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1097 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSBN 302215
SVRSBN
INC099-302300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
515 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
      MARSHALL

AT 505 PM EST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
TEEGARDEN INDIANA...14 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE PLYMOUTH AND INWOOD.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM GET INTO A REIN-
FORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING ?WIND...LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

MW

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, 2:47 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
INZ001>010-010300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
245 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990

IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 566 IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM  EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA...
NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RICHMOND IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...MUNCIE...
LAFAYETTE AND ANGOLA.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTtORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF INDIANA UNTIL 800 PM.
HAINES
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:04 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
INZALL-010300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
305 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF INDIANA
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST..

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTROM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST
AND COVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF INDIANA.

AT 300 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAFAYETTE THROUGH
GREENCASTLE...BLOOMINGTON TO NEAR VINCENNES.

THE STRONGEST STORMS W~ERE ABOUT 30 MILES EAST AND 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS...NEAR THE TOWNS OF COATSVILLE
AND CROWN CENTER.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
WJG
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:46 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
INZALL-010300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
345 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990

TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE IN EFFECT AND COVER ALL OF
INDIANA. THE SOUTHERN WATCH WHICH INCLUDES INDIANAPOLIS IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST. THE NORTHERN WATCH IS EFFECT UNTIL
1000 PM EST.

AT 330 RADAR SHOWED THRUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INDIANA FROM LAFAYETTE
THROUGH INDIANAPOLIS AREA..TO CINCINNATI.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS NEAR
GREENWOOD AND NEW WHITELAND AND WEST TO MOORSVILLE.

ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 25 MILES EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS...
ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF GREENFIELD.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AT THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILE AN
HOUR.

WJG
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:44 PM EST, 31 minutes before
INZALL-010300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
440 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990

AT 430 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR THE TOWN OF FRANKFORT THROUGH
ANDERSON AND SOUTH THOUGH CONNERSVILLE TO 20 MILES SOUTH
OF RICHMOND.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNCIE.
AT 435 EST MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR DALEVILLE IN
THE SOUTHWEST PART OF DELAWARE COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MUNCIE BY THE DELAWARE COUNTY SHERIFF. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED
AT 30 TO 35 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED IN THE SAME AREA.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AT THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILE AN
HOUR.
WJG
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:51 PM EST, 24 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
450 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1988

445 PM EST ONE INCH HAIL SOUTH OF MUNCIE IN DELAWARE.
           WEST OF STATE ROUTE 3. AMATEUR REPORT

GERY
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:04 PM EST, 11 minutes before
INZALL-010100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
510 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTH OF
TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS AND SOUTHWEST OF
A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO MADISON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 800PM FOR
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF
NORTHERN INDIANA.

AT 455 PM SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
NORTHCENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STROM IS NEAR
FRANKFORT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE. THIS THUNDERSTORM
WILL MOVE BETWEEN SHERIDAN AND TIPTON ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF
INDIANAPOLIS BY 530 PM.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE.

ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MA2Y PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.

HAINES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 12:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDVigo50 min
Jun 30, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGibson30 min
Jun 30, 12:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDClay41 min
Jun 30, 2:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke51 min
Jun 30, 4:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion26 min
Jun 30, 4:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLaPorte45 min
Jun 30, 6:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFulton38 min
Jun 30, 6:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMiami45 min

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.