Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 6:07 PM EST for Fulton County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 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, 6:07 PM EST (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fulton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Fulton, 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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 302307
SVRSBN
INC049-302345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN
607 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF INDIANA
FULTON
AT 6 PM EST...SOUTH BEND RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
ROCHESTER INDIANA...38 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH BEND.
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE ROCHESTER...ATHENS...AND GREEN
OAK INDIANA.
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.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
GALLAGHERWhat 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, 3:46 PM EST, 2 hours 21 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, 1 hour 23 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, 1 hour 16 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, 1 hour 3 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:29 PM EST, 38 minutes before
INZ001>010-013-010300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 530 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 AT 515 PM EST RADAR TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTTOMS WERE OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE...NEAR THE TOWN OF FLORA. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST LAFAYETTE...NEAR THE TOWN OF BEARD. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND KOKOMO AND TIPTON BY 600 PM YEST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MUNCIE TO RICHMOND. 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, 5:53 PM EST, 14 minutes before
INZ010-013-012330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 545 PM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST AND EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTH HALF OF INDIANA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST. AT 545 PM EST NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTH HALF OF INDIANA. REMNANTS OF THE STRONG STORMS MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO AT 540 PM EST. MEANWHILE...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF RENNSELAER TO JUST NORTH OF LOGANSPORT TO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF FORT WAYNE. A FEW SHOWERS WERE IN HOWARD AND TIPTON COUNTIES. THE LyINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KOLDITZ
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, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 45 min |
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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.