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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1990, 7:49 PM EST for Johnson County, Indiana. It was in force for 26 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
- Mar 10, 1990, 7:49 PM EST (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1990, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson 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, 8:05 PM EST | Hail 1 | Johnson, 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, 0.8 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.
- 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 110052
SVRIND
INC081-110115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
749 PM EST MAR 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...JOHNSON
AT 745 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS OVER EAST CENTRAL MORGAN
COUNTY.
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND DAMAGE TO LARGE TREE LIMBS.
THE CITY OF FRANKLIN AND THE TOWNS OF NEW WHITELAND AND WHITELAND
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
PRZYBYLINSKIWhat 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, 4 hours 2 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 44 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, 1 hour 40 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, 7:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks, Morgan, Putnam | 52 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.