Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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.
- 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
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.
MWWhat 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
GERYSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Gibson | 30 min |
| Jun 30, 12:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 4:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 6:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 45 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.