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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN

March 10, 1990Johnson County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 10, 8:05 PM ESTHail 1Johnson, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
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

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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.
PRZYBYLINSKI

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 7:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHendricks, Morgan, Putnam52 min
Mar 10, 7:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDJohnson, Morgan, Owen3 hr
Mar 10, 7:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHancock, Shelby3 hr
Mar 11, 1:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDClinton3 hr
Mar 11, 1:07 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDTippecanoe, Warren3 hr
Mar 11, 1:22 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDBoone3 hr
Mar 11, 2:05 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningINDHamilton, Madison4 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.