Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1990, 5:12 PM EST for Boone County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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 9, 1990, 5:12 PM EST (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1990, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone 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 9, 5:25 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Boone, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1078 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 092218
SVRIND
INC011-092245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
512 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN CENTRAL INDIANA
...BOONE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE NEAR THORNTOWN AT 510 PM EST. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR TOWARD THE TOWN OF LEBANON.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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.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 9, 3:13 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
INZ004>010-100200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 313 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 IN INDIANA THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... NORTH OF A LINE FROM 10 WEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT WAYNE TO 40 SOUTH OF GARY. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... FORT WAYNE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE ...KOKOMO...RICHMOND...ANDERSON...LAFAYETTE AND TERRE HAUTE. 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. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:03 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
INZ004>010-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 400 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 AT 350 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERTORMS FROM MUNCIE WEST TO LAFAYETTE. THESE STORMS WERE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM MUNCIE WEST THROUGH ANDERSON...ARCADIA... KIRKLIN...AND LINDEN WHICH IS 10 MILES NORTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE BY BY 430 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALE}RT FOR DAMAGING WINDS ...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN FALL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. WJG
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:07 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
INZ004>010-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 400 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 AT 350 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERTORMS FROM MUNCIE WEST TO LAFAYETTE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM MUNCIE WEST THROUGH ANDERSON...ARCADIA... KIRKLIN...AND LINDEN WHICH IS 10 MILES NORTH OF CRAWFORDSVILLE BY BY 430 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DAMAGING WINDS ...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN FALL. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. WJG ADD WORD TO 2ND PARO
Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:30 PM EST, 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
430 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990
340 PM EST TWO TREES DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD IN THE TOWN OF NORTH
GROVE IN SOUTHEAST MIAMI COUNTY.
412 PM EST FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GASTON IN NORTHWEST DELAWARE COUNTY.
ALSO 50 MILE PER HOUR WINDS IN SAME LOCATION.
MPDSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 4:49 PM EST, 23 minutes before
INZ004>010-092100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 447 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 THE SEVERE THUUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BOONE AND NORTHEAST MONTGOMERY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED. AT 445 PM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OVER PARTS OF BOONE AND HENDRICKS COUNTIES. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE INDIANAPOLOS METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 530 PM EST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. PRICE
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:03 PM EST, 9 minutes before
INZ010-092230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 501 PM EST MON JUL 9 1990 THE SEVERE THUUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DELAWARE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT 5 PM EST SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE STILL OVER DELAWARE COUNTY BUT THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN INDIANA. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Tipton | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 4:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 5:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Boone | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 6:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone | 3 hr |
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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.