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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1990, 8:10 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 5, 1990, 8:10 PM EST (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1990, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jennings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:15 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jennings, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 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 060112 SVRIND INC079-060145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 810 PM EST THU JUL 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY... IN SOUTHWEST JENNINGS COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA. AT 810 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS NEAR THE TOWN OF SEYMOUR. THIS THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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 ROcOM 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. HENDRICKSON
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, Jul 5, 5:19 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
INZ011>015-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 514 PM EST MON JUL 5 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO BROOKVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE...BLOOMINGTON... VINCENNES...SEYMOUR AND SALEM. AT 510 PM EST VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF VINCENNES TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON INDIANA... ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VINCENNES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HAIL... HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING. MOVE AWAYb FROM WINDOWS AND TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. . THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RP
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:46 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
INZ011>015-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 544 PM EST THU JUL 5 1990 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN ONE FOURTH OF INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE...BLOOMINGTON... VINCENNES...SEYMOUR AND SALEM. AT 538 PM EST A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DUMPING HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINCENNES. LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT SHOWED THAT FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSHOWER WAS NEAR HELTONVILLE...20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. . BETWEEN 545 PM AND 630 PM EST THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL IN THE AREA FROM BEDFORD TO EVANSVILLE IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:16 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
INZ011>015-052350- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 614 PM EST THU JUL 5 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN ONE QUARTER OF INDIANA UNTIL 1000 PM EST. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE EVANSVILLE...SEYMOUR...VERSAILLES AND CHARLESTOWN. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN BEDFORD AND EVANSVILLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DOWNED TREES FROM JASPER TO ST. ANTHONY IN DUBOUIS COUNTY...NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE AROUND 530 PM EST. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED BETWEEN 600 PM AND 610 PM EST NEAR MITCHELL...SOUTH OF BEDFORD. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SOUTH OF GREENSBURG...ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:43 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
INZ011>015-060020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 643 PM EST THU JUL 5 1990 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED IN OVERALL INTENSITY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA SINCE 615 PM EST...BUT STILL REMAIN STRONG. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE CITIES OF VERSAILLES...MADISON AND CROTHERSVILLE. AT 635 PM EST ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF COLUMBUS...APPROACHING OSGOOD IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE STORM SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:13 PM EST, 57 minutes before
INZ011>015-060020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 708 PM EST THU JUL 5 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF VERSAILLES...MADISON... AND SEYMOUR. AT 700 PM EST ISOLATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSGOOD IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. BOTH OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY SURFACE WINDS...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON WILL BE MOVING INTO THE TOWNS OF HOUSTON AND FREETOWN BETWEEN 715 AND 725 PM EST. OTHER V ERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA BETWEEN TELL CITY AND ENGLISH...ABOUT 40 TO 45 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PRZYBYLINSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Jackson | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.